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anish kumar
anish kumar

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Daily Grind: My Simple Task Tracker

This is a submission for the GitHub Copilot Challenge : New Beginnings

What I Built

Enhanced Task Tracker

A modern, feature-rich task management application built with React, featuring an elegant dark theme, real-time analytics, and category management.

Demo

link to site
preview of task tracker

Repo

link to my repo https://github.com/ASR172051/task-tracker-react.git

Development Journey with GitHub Copilot

1. Project Setup

  • Generated React project structure using Copilot suggestions
  • Copilot autocompleted configuration files
  • Added dependencies through chat recommendations

2. Component Development

App.jsx

  • Copilot autocompleted basic structure
  • Suggested component hierarchy
  • Generated import statements

HabitTracker Component

  • Used chat for state management patterns
  • Autocompleted CRUD operations
  • Generated localStorage integration

3. Key Copilot Features Used

Code Completion

  • Function implementations
  • JSX structure
  • Event handlers

Chat Assistance

  • Debugging help
  • Performance optimization
  • Best practices guidance

Model Switching

  • Claude for complex logic actually most of the code was written by it.

4. Code Examples

// Copilot-generated state management
const [tasks, setTasks] = useState([])
const addTask = (task) => {
  setTasks(prev => [...prev, {
    id: Date.now(),
    text: task,
    completed: false
  }])
}
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GitHub Models

Conclusion

well , while building this I learnt more about
Utilising copilot to edit and review code ,
React components ,
Local storage ,
CSS styling ,
UI design
This app packs some of the advanced and cool features like

  • Real-time statistics and analytics
  • 🏷️ Category-based task organization

final app preview

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Gamer Khushi

Nice work 👍👍

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