For installation instructions please see these instructions
This is a simple todo application allowing users to enter a text-only list of tasks. Tasks may be marked as important, in which case they are moved to the top of the list. These important tasks may be demoted. Tasks may be marked as complete or done, in which case they are hidden from the user by default. The user has the option of viewing all tasks, or only outstanding tasks. Tasks may be deleted, in which case they are removed from the list entirely.
The visuals of the application are minimalist and clean.
New task entry is designed to be very quick, especially when the keyboard is used to create a new task (Enter key).
The application brief specified several criteria, refer breif for details. In order to rapidly meet criteria I used Yeoman scaffolding to quickly build a suitable framework. Via Yeoman I chose to utilise the following technologies in order to meet specified criteria:
- AngularJS for core application structure and functionality
- Bootstrap for cross-browser, and responsive UI
- Grunt - including various grunt tasks - for development workflow
- Karma with Jasmine for unit tests
- Protractor for e2e testing
- Git(hub) for source storage and version control
Once the framework was in place, I began by prototyping some basic structure. With that in place I built several unit tests and fleshed out functionity. This was my general approach as development proceeded.
At some point I realised there were requirements unique to the submission of this task, so I took a break and set about implementing those; namely augmenting or disabling several scaffolded build related steps so the application could be run from a file, rather than a web sever / grunt serve.
Once all functionality was finalised and the visual design in place, I began reviewing the code and the UI. During the code review I established there were several areas in need of improvement / refactor. I was not super happy with the visual design and began an iterative improvement.
Finally, I filled in some testing blanks and implemented a basic functional test (using Protractor) for entering a new task. And then I wrote this README.
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