Crafting My First Flask Adventure: A Stylish Task Manager from Scratch

Hi everyone! I'm Santiago Bima, and this is my first blog post on Hashnode.

I've recently started my journey into web development using Python and Flask, and I wanted to share my very first project: a task manager web app built entirely from scratch. This project helped me learn how to connect Python code to a database, create dynamic pages with Flask, and even style everything with Bootstrap.

Let me walk you through the core features and how I built it.

The project is a Task Manager App with the following key features:

• Create tasks with a title, category, and deadline.

• Mark tasks as done (or undo them).

• Edit and delete tasks.

• Simple UI using Bootstrap and Bootswatch.

• Data is stored using SQLite + SQLAlchemy.

This was all coded in Python, using Flask as the backend framework.

Here are some screenshots of the final result

• 📝 Task form with category and due date

• ✅ Icons to mark tasks done

• 🗑️ Delete and 🖊️ Edit actions

• Responsive design with clean layout

This project taught me a lot:

• How Flask routes and templates work.

• Connecting Python classes (ORM) to a database with SQLAlchemy.

• Styling pages using Bootstrap and theming with Bootswatch.

• The basics of structuring a Python web project.

You can check the full source code on GitHub here:
👉 GitHub Repo

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