Capstone Project

Design a system on paper, then build a task manager API with EF Core, auth, tests and Docker.

1. 14.1

   System design write-up

   • Requirements
   • Architecture diagram
   • Trade-offs
   • Capstone 1: design TaskFlow— Turn a product brief into requirements, an API, a data model and an architecture — before writing any code.25 min
2. 14.2

   Build

   • API
   • Database
   • Auth
   • Tests
   • Capstone 2: build TaskFlow— Implement the TaskFlow API step by step — solution setup, EF Core with PostgreSQL, endpoints, validation, authentication, background email and tests.40 min
3. 14.3

   Ship

   • Docker
   • CI pipeline
   • Deploy
   • Capstone 3: ship TaskFlow— Containerize TaskFlow, run it with Docker Compose, automate CI with GitHub Actions, and optionally deploy it to the cloud.30 min