PWA for Getting Things Done (GTD) Activity List Management
The purpose of this simple app is to be able to view and to add/edit/delete items to GTD activity lists from wherever I am.
- Frontend: Vue.js, Bootstrap
- Backend: Python Flask
- Database: MySQL
Desktop
Mobile
- Clone this repo.
- Set up a Python 3 environment with Flask, SSLify, and MySQLdb.
- Set up a MySQL database and apply the schema.
- Copy the config template, name it
config.pyand set values that fit for your setup. - Start the app using the start script (run
./startin the command line).
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Once the Flask app is running, you can access it with a browser like a normal web page, or install it on your homescreen.
See the list of API calls.
- No multi-user support
- UI is somewhat limited, e.g. you can't move an activity to another project, UX on mobile devices is certainly improvable, etc.
Getting Things Done (GTD) is a method to organize your life. It has been proposed by David Allen in his book "Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity".
The basic principle of GTD is the following:
Whenever a new task pops up in your life which would take longer than two minutes to accomplish, write it down as a new activity, do it later and continue with your current work.
The central items of my GTD workflow are projects and activities.
A project in GTD always corresponds to a goal in my life. Projects may be short-term or long-term, it does not make much of a difference.
An activity is something that I either have to or want to do in order to make progress in a project. Activities in GTD should always be as specific as possible. Each activity is assigned to a project.