AutoTasker

AutoTasker is a desktop application for task management, developed in Java with JavaFX, MySQL, and Hibernate (JPA).
The project follows the MVC architectural pattern and combines a modern GUI with a background service for e-mail integration.

🚀 Features

• User roles: regular users and admins
• Tasks:
  • Create, delegate, and track status
  • Assigned tasks can be marked as in progress or completed
• Administrators:
  • Manage tasks, users, departments, and e-mail addresses
  • Control which e-mail addresses are allowed to create tasks (spam protection)
• E-mail integration:
  • Tasks can be created remotely via e-mail
  • Background service checks a Gmail inbox at intervals
• Modern UI:
  • Built with JavaFX, FXML, and styled with CSS
• Security:
  • Passwords are securely hashed using BCrypt
• Background service:
  • Regularly processes incoming e-mails and automatically generates tasks

🏗 Architecture

• MVC structure
• DAO package for database operations
• Service package for e-mail handling and business logic
• Controller for GUI logic
• EntityFactory (Singleton) for entities
• Two entry points:
  • MainApp (JavaFX GUI)
  • MailServiceMain (background e-mail processor)

💻 Technologies

• Java 21
• JavaFX
• MySQL (database)
• Hibernate (JPA)
• BCrypt for password hashing
• Simmetrics (for text analysis of e-mails)

👨‍🔧 Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone git@github.com:your-github/AutoTaskerJavaFx.git
   

2. Set up a MySQL database:

   • Create an empty database (e.g. autotasker).

   • The required tables will be generated automatically by Hibernate + JPA when the application starts.

3. Configure Gmail account for e-mail integration:

   • Create or use a Gmail account dedicated to AutoTasker.

   • Enable App Passwords in your Google Account (requires 2FA).

   • Insert the generated app password into email.properties.

   • This account will be used by the background service to fetch incoming tasks.

4. Inside the resources folder, create two property files:

   • db.properties

   • email.properties

👉 Example templates are provided as db.properties.example and email.properties.example in the repository. Just copy them, rename, and adjust the values

5. Build with Maven:

   mvn clean install

6. Run:

   • GUI: MainApp

   • E-mail service: MailServiceMain

✨ Possible Extensions

• Multi-language support (e.g. German, French, ...)

• Additional features such as vacation or sick leave requests via e-mail

• Logging and history of all changes

• Project association for tasks (requires new DB table)

• Automatic e-mail with login credentials and usage instructions for new users

👩🏻‍💻 Author

Developed by saby-gaby

✨ Thank you for checking out AutoTasker! I hope you enjoy exploring the project as much as I enjoyed building it. 🚀