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

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
  }])
}

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