Requirements

• I can have my todo list displayed.
• I can manipulate my list (add/remove/modify entries).
• Assign priorities and due dates to the entries.
• I can sort my entry lists using due date and priority.
• I can mark an entry as completed.
• Minimal UI/UX design is needed.
• I need every client operation done using JavaScript, reloading the page is not an option.
• Write a RESTful API which will allow a third-party application to trigger actions on your app (same actions available on the webpage).
• You need to be able to pass credentials to both the webpage and the API.
• As complementary to the last item, one should be able to create users in the system via an interface, probably a signup/register screen.

Implementation

The project is powered by AngularJS on the front-end, and Laravel 4 & MySQL on the back-end. The front- & back-ends are completely decoupled and interact solely through the API.

The AngularJS front-end is served from the site.com/ domain root, while the back-end is served from site.com/ws/ (web service).

Setup

Import the database, and configure the Laravel application as you would normally:

• ensure app/storage is writable by your web server
• update bootstrap/start.php to detect your environment
• update app/config/app.php and app/config/database.php as necessary
• ensure public/.htaccess contains RewriteBase /ws after RewriteEngine On

Then configure the vhost with:

<VirtualHost *:80>
  DocumentRoot /todo/app/frontend
  ServerName demo.todo
  DirectoryIndex index.html index.php
  
  <Directory /todo/app/frontend>
    Options FollowSymLinks MultiViews
    AllowOverride All
    Order allow,deny
    allow from all
    RewriteEngine on
  </Directory>

  alias /ws "/todo/app/laravel/public"
  <Directory "/todo/app/laravel/public">
    Options FollowSymLinks MultiViews
    AllowOverride All
    Order allow,deny
    allow from all
    RewriteEngine on
  </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

In the above vhost configuration:

• ensure DocumentRoot, both Directory directives and the alias all have proper, absolute paths
• ensure the alias (ie. /ws) matches the RewriteBase in Laravel's public/.htaccess

Finally, update your system's hosts file to serve the domain specified in ServerName.