How to Install Tasks on Windows 11

Introduction

Tasks is an open-source to-do list and task manager application for Windows, Linux, and macOS. It helps users manage and organize their daily tasks and reminders. In this tutorial, we'll show you how to install Tasks on Windows 11.

Prerequisites

To follow this tutorial, you'll need the following:

• A Windows 11 computer
• Git installed on your computer
• Visual Studio, or Visual Studio Code installed on your computer

Installation Steps

1. Clone the Tasks Repository

The first step is to clone the Tasks repository to your computer using Git. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Open the command prompt or PowerShell on your Windows 11 computer.
2. Navigate to the directory you want to install Tasks in.
3. Run the following command to clone the Tasks repository to your computer:

git clone https://github.com/m1guelpf/tasks.git

2. Install Dependencies

After cloning the Tasks repository, you need to install the dependencies required for the application to run. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Open Visual Studio, or Visual Studio Code on your Windows 11 computer
2. Click on File, then Open Folder and navigate to the folder where you cloned the Tasks repository in Step 1.
3. Once you have the project open, open the terminal by clicking Terminal from the top menu, then New Terminal.
4. In the terminal window, type the following command to install the dependencies:

npm install

3. Run Tasks

After installing the dependencies, you can now run the Tasks application. To do this, follow these steps:

1. In the same terminal window, type the following command:

npm start

2. Once the application starts, open your preferred browser and navigate to the following URL:

http://localhost:3000/

3. You should now see the Tasks application running!

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we showed you how to install Tasks on your Windows 11 computer. By following these steps, you can start using Tasks and managing your daily tasks and reminders with ease.

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