A Nice To-Do List App with Angular.js

An Angular.js based to-do list / task manager web app which allows you to add, delete and categorize the tasks in a nice clean user interface. Built by AARON COCHRAN.

How to use it:

Add the Font Awesome 4 in the head section of your page. Font Awesome 4 is required for the App UI icons.

<link href="http://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/font-awesome/4.1.0/css/font-awesome.min.css" rel="stylesheet">

Build a to-do list web app following the Html structure like this.

<div ng-app="TaskManager">
  <div class="container">
    <div class="content" ng-controller="taskController">
      <h1>To-do List App</h1>
      <p class="tagline">an angularJS todo app</p>
      <form>
        <div class="inputContainer">
          <input type="text" id="description" class="taskName" placeholder="What do you need to do?" ng-model="newTask">
          <label for="description">Description</label>
        </div>
        <div class="inputContainer half last"> <i class="fa fa-caret-down selectArrow"></i>
          <select id="category" class="taskCategory" ng-model="newTaskCategory" ng-options="obj.name for obj in categories">
            <option class="disabled" value="">Choose a category</option>
          </select>
          <label for="category">Category</label>
        </div>
        <div class="inputContainer half last right">
          <input type="date" id="dueDate" class="taskDate" ng-model="newTaskDate">
          <label for="dueDate">Due Date</label>
        </div>
        <div class="row">
          <button class="taskAdd" ng-click="addNew()"><i class="fa fa-plus icon"></i>Add task</button>
          <button class="taskDelete" ng-click="deleteTask()"><i class="fa fa-trash-o icon"></i>Delete Tasks</button>
        </div>
      </form>
      <ul  class="taskList">
        <li class="taskItem" ng-repeat="taskItem in taskItem track by $index" ng-model="taskItem">
          <input type="checkbox" class="taskCheckbox" ng-model="taskItem.complete" ng-change="save()">
          <span class="complete-{{taskItem.complete}}">{{taskItem.description}}</span> <span class="category-{{taskItem.category}}">{{taskItem.category}}</span> <strong class="taskDate complete-{{taskItem.complete}}"><i class="fa fa-calendar"></i>{{taskItem.date | date : 'mediumDate'}}</strong> </li>
      </ul>
      <!-- taskList --> 
    </div>
    <!-- content --> 
  </div>
  <!-- container --> 
</div>

The required CSS to style the web App.

*,
*:before,
*:after {
  -webkit-box-sizing: border-box;
  -moz-box-sizing: border-box;
  box-sizing: border-box;
}
/* app */
html { font-size: 100%; }
body {
  background: #b1f6cb;
  background-image: url(1.png);
  font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;
}
/* super basic grid structure */
.container {
  width: 600px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  background: #ffffff;
  padding: 20px 0;
  -webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 2px rgba(0,0,0,0.2);
  box-shadow: 0 0 2px rgba(0,0,0,0.2);
}
.row {
  display: block;
  padding: 10px;
  text-align: center;
  width: 100%;
  clear: both;
  overflow: hidden;
}
.half {
  width: 50%;
  float: left;
}
.content { background: #fff; }
/* logo */
h1 {
  font-family: 'Rokkitt', sans-serif;
  color: #666;
  text-align: center;
  font-weight: 400;
  margin: 0;
}
.tagline {
  margin-top: -10px;
  text-align: center;
  padding: 5px 20px;
  font-size: 11px;
  font-weight: 600;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: #777;
}
/* inputs */
.inputContainer {
  height: 60px;
  border-top: 1px solid #e5e5e5;
  position: relative;
  overflow: hidden;
}
.inputContainer.last {
  border-bottom: 1px solid #e5e5e5;
  margin-bottom: 20px;
}
.inputContainer.half.last.right { border-left: 1px solid #efefef; }
input[type="date"],
input[type="text"],
select {
  height: 100%;
  width: 100%;
  padding: 0 20px;
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  vertical-align: middle;
  display: inline-block;
  border: none;
  border-radius: none;
  font-size: 13px;
  color: #777;
  margin: 0;
  font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;
  font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: 0.5px;
  -webkit-transition: background 0.3s;
  transition: background 0.3s;
}
input[type="date"] { cursor: pointer; }
input[type="date"]:focus,
input[type="text"]:focus,
select:focus {
  outline: none;
  background: #ecf0f1;
}
::-webkit-input-placeholder {
 color: lightgrey;
 font-weight: normal;
 -webkit-transition: all 0.3s;
 transition: all 0.3s;
}
::-moz-placeholder {
 color: lightgrey;
 font-weight: normal;
 transition: all 0.3s;
}
::-ms-input-placeholder {
 color: lightgrey;
 font-weight: normal;
 transition: all 0.3s;
}
input:-moz-placeholder {
 color: lightgrey;
 font-weight: normal;
 transition: all 0.3s;
}
 input:focus::-webkit-input-placeholder {
 color: #95a5a6;
 font-weight: bold;
}
 input:focus::-moz-input-placeholder {
 color: #95a5a6;
 font-weight: bold;
}
label {
  padding: 5px 20px;
  font-size: 11px;
  font-weight: 600;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: #777;
  display: block;
  position: absolute;
}
button {
  font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;
  background: transparent;
  border-radius: 2px;
  border: none;
  outline: none;
  height: 50px;
  width: 150px;
  font-size: 1em;
  color: #fff;
  cursor: pointer;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  position: relative;
  -webkit-transition: all 0.3s;
  transition: all 0.3s;
}
.icon {
  position: absolute;
  top: 30%;
  left: 10px;
  font-size: 20px;
}
.taskAdd {
  background: #444;
  padding-left: 15px;
}
.taskAdd:hover { background: #303030; }
.taskDelete {
  background: #e74c3c;
  padding-left: 30px;
}
.taskDelete:hover { background: #c0392b; }
/* task styles */
.taskList {
  list-style: none;
  padding: 0 20px;
}
.taskItem {
  border-top: 1px solid #e5e5e5;
  padding: 15px 0;
  color: #777;
  font-weight: 600;
  font-size: 14px;
  letter-spacing: 0.5px;
}
.taskList .taskItem:nth-child(even) { background: #fcfcfc; }
.taskCheckbox { margin-right: 1em; }
.complete-true {
  text-decoration: line-through;
  color: #bebebe;
}
.taskList .taskDate {
  color: #95a5a6;
  font-size: 10px;
  font-weight: bold;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  display: block;
  margin-left: 41px;
}
.fa-calendar {
  margin-right: 10px;
  font-size: 16px;
}
 [class*='category-'] {
 display: inline-block;
 font-size: 10px;
 background: #444;
 vertical-align: middle;
 color: #fff;
 padding: 10px;
 width: 75px;
 text-align: center;
 border-radius: 2px;
 float: right;
 font-weight: normal;
 text-transform: uppercase;
 margin-right: 20px;
}
.category- { background: transparent; }
.category-Personal { background: #2980b9; }
.category-Work { background: #8e44ad; }
.category-School { background: #f39c12; }
.category-Cleaning { background: #16a085; }
.category-Other { background: #d35400; }
footer {
  text-align: center;
  font-size: 11px;
  font-weight: 600;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: #777;
}
footer a { color: #f39c12; }
/* custom checkboxes */
.taskCheckbox {
  -webkit-appearance: none;
  appearance: none;
  -webkit-transition: all 0.3s;
  transition: all 0.3s;
  display: inline-block;
  cursor: pointer;
  width: 19px;
  height: 19px;
  vertical-align: middle;
}
.taskCheckbox:focus { outline: none; }
.taskCheckbox:before,
.taskCheckbox:checked:before {
  font-family: 'FontAwesome';
  color: #444;
  font-size: 20px;
  -webkit-transition: all 0.3s;
  transition: all 0.3s;
}
.taskCheckbox:before { content: '\f096'; }
.taskCheckbox:checked:before {
  content: '\f14a';
  color: #16a085;
}
/* custom select menu */
.taskCategory {
  -webkit-appearance: none;
  appearance: none;
  cursor: pointer;
  padding-left: 16.5px; /*specific positioning due to difficult behavior of select element*/
  background: #fff;
}
.selectArrow {
  position: absolute;
  z-index: 10;
  top: 35%;
  right: 0;
  margin-right: 20px;
  color: #777;
  pointer-events: none;
}
.taskCategory option {
  background: #fff;
  border: none;
  outline: none;
  padding: 0 100px;
}

Include the latest Angular.js at the bottom of your page.

<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.2.16/angular.min.js"></script>

The Javascript to enable the to-do list App.

//Define angular app
var app = angular.module('TaskManager', []); 
//controllers
app.controller('taskController', function($scope) {
    $scope.today = new Date();
    $scope.saved = localStorage.getItem('taskItems');
    $scope.taskItem = (localStorage.getItem('taskItems')!==null) ? 
    JSON.parse($scope.saved) : [ {description: "Why not add a task?", date: $scope.today, complete: false}];
    localStorage.setItem('taskItems', JSON.stringify($scope.taskItem));
    $scope.newTask = null;
    $scope.newTaskDate = null;
    $scope.categories = [
        {name: 'Personal'},
        {name: 'Work'},
        {name: 'School'},
        {name: 'Cleaning'},
        {name: 'Other'}
    ];
    $scope.newTaskCategory = $scope.categories;
    $scope.addNew = function () {
        if ($scope.newTaskDate == null || $scope.newTaskDate == '') {
            $scope.taskItem.push({
                description: $scope.newTask,
                date: "No deadline",
                complete: false,
                category: $scope.newTaskCategory.name
            }) 
        } else {
            $scope.taskItem.push({
                description: $scope.newTask,
                date: $scope.newTaskDate,
                complete: false,
                category: $scope.newTaskCategory.name
            })
        };
        $scope.newTask = '';
        $scope.newTaskDate = '';
        $scope.newTaskCategory = $scope.categories;
        localStorage.setItem('taskItems', JSON.stringify($scope.taskItem));
    };
    $scope.deleteTask = function () {
        var completedTask = $scope.taskItem;
        $scope.taskItem = [];
        angular.forEach(completedTask, function (taskItem) {
            if (!taskItem.complete) {
                $scope.taskItem.push(taskItem);
            }
        });
        localStorage.setItem('taskItems', JSON.stringify($scope.taskItem));
    };
    $scope.save = function () {
        localStorage.setItem('taskItems', JSON.stringify($scope.taskItem));
    }
});