The latest articles on DEV Community by Juan Carlos Padillo (@onlypads). https://dev.to/onlypads https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F1270842%2Fd9b9db3e-7c47-464d-9e81-aab5e9c67275.png https://dev.to/onlypads en Juan Carlos Padillo Tue, 28 Apr 2026 15:41:21 +0000 https://dev.to/onlypads/building-a-laravel-team-task-manager-from-scratch-planning-system-design-45c6 https://dev.to/onlypads/building-a-laravel-team-task-manager-from-scratch-planning-system-design-45c6 <p>Hello, I’m starting a new project to improve my backend development skills using Laravel.</p> <p>The goal is to build a Team Task Management System that simulates real-world collaboration, similar to tools like Trello or Asana, but simplified and focused on learning backend architecture.</p> <p>This post is the first in a series where I’ll document the entire development process, from planning to deployment.</p> <h2> Project Goal </h2> <p>The system allows:</p> <ul> <li>Users and Teams</li> <li>Projects inside teams</li> <li>Tasks inside projects</li> <li>Task assignments, comments, and attachments</li> <li>Notifications for updates</li> </ul> <h2> Why am I Building This </h2> <p>I want to go beyond the CRUD basic apps and focus on real-world backend concepts like:</p> <ul> <li>Eloquent relationships</li> <li>Policies and authorization</li> <li>REST API design</li> <li>Service classes</li> <li>Queues and notifications</li> </ul> <h2> High-level idea </h2> <ul> <li>A user joins a team via invitation</li> <li>Teams manage multiple projects</li> <li>Projects contain tasks</li> <li>Tasks can be assigned, discussed, and tracked</li> </ul> <h2> Database planning </h2> <ul> <li>users</li> <li>teams</li> <li>team_user</li> <li>invitations</li> <li>projects</li> <li>tasks</li> <li>task_user</li> <li>comments</li> <li>attachments</li> <li>notifications</li> </ul> <h2> Next step </h2> <ul> <li>Laravel Breeze setup</li> <li>Database migrations</li> <li>Team and user relationships</li> </ul> <p>That's it for the planning phase. See you in my next blog post!</p> webdev learning backend laravel