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+# Tracker
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+Tracker is a Ruby on Rails application for running team standups with clear visibility into daily progress, upcoming work, and blockers.
+## Overview
-# TRACKER
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-
Transforming Teams, Accelerating Success Daily
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+Tracker helps teams stay aligned by combining:
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Built with the tools and technologies:
+- **Daily standup logging** with structured entries (`Did`, `Todo`, and `Blocker`).
+- **Team-level views** to review member updates by day.
+- **Account + role-based access** for multi-user organizations.
+- **Automated reminders and recaps** using Sidekiq + Sidekiq Cron jobs.
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+The app is built on Rails 8 with PostgreSQL, Hotwire, and Sidekiq.
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+## Features
----
+- Authentication and invitation flow with Devise / Devise Invitable.
+- Account and team management.
+- Standup creation/editing with nested task items.
+- Activity feed focused on the current user’s standup history.
+- Background job scheduling for reminder and recap workflows.
-## Table of Contents
+## Tech Stack
-- [Overview](#overview)
-- [Getting Started](#getting-started)
- - [Prerequisites](#prerequisites)
- - [Installation](#installation)
- - [Usage](#usage)
- - [Testing](#testing)
-- [Project Structure](#project-structure)
+- **Backend:** Ruby on Rails 8
+- **Database:** PostgreSQL
+- **Frontend:** Hotwire (Turbo + Stimulus), Tailwind CSS
+- **Background Jobs:** Sidekiq + Sidekiq Cron
+- **Testing:** RSpec, Factory Bot, Capybara
----
+## Prerequisites
-## Overview
+Before running Tracker locally, install:
+- Ruby (version compatible with the project’s Gemfile)
+- Bundler
+- PostgreSQL
+- Redis (required for Sidekiq)
+## Local Setup
----
-
-## Project Structure
-
-```sh
-└── tracker/
- ├── .github
- │ ├── dependabot.yml
- │ └── workflows
- ├── Dockerfile
- ├── Gemfile
- ├── Gemfile.lock
- ├── Procfile.dev
- ├── README.md
- ├── Rakefile
- ├── app
- │ ├── assets
- │ ├── controllers
- │ ├── helpers
- │ ├── javascript
- │ ├── jobs
- │ ├── mailers
- │ ├── models
- │ ├── services
- │ └── views
- ├── config
- │ ├── application.rb
- │ ├── boot.rb
- │ ├── cable.yml
- │ ├── cache.yml
- │ ├── credentials.yml.enc
- │ ├── database.yml
- │ ├── deploy.yml
- │ ├── environment.rb
- │ ├── environments
- │ ├── importmap.rb
- │ ├── initializers
- │ ├── locales
- │ ├── puma.rb
- │ ├── queue.yml
- │ ├── recurring.yml
- │ ├── routes.rb
- │ └── storage.yml
- ├── config.ru
- ├── db
- │ ├── cable_schema.rb
- │ ├── cache_schema.rb
- │ ├── migrate
- │ ├── queue_schema.rb
- │ ├── schema.rb
- │ └── seeds.rb
- ├── lefthook.yml
- ├── lib
- │ └── tasks
- ├── log
- │ └── .keep
- ├── script
- │ └── .keep
- ├── spec
- │ ├── factories
- │ ├── jobs
- │ ├── mailers
- │ ├── models
- │ ├── rails_helper.rb
- │ ├── requests
- │ ├── services
- │ ├── spec_helper.rb
- │ ├── support
- │ ├── system
- │ └── views
- └── storage
- └── .keep
-```
-
----
+1. **Clone the repository**
-## Getting Started
+ ```bash
+ git clone https://github.com/syntaxmage05/tracker.git
+ cd tracker
+ ```
-### Prerequisites
+2. **Install dependencies**
-This project requires the following dependencies:
+ ```bash
+ bundle install
+ ```
-- **Programming Language:** Ruby
-- **Package Manager:** Bundler, Rake
-- **Container Runtime:** Docker
+3. **Prepare the database**
-### Installation
+ ```bash
+ bin/rails db:prepare
+ ```
-Build tracker from the source and install dependencies:
+4. **Run the development environment**
-1. **Clone the repository:**
+ ```bash
+ bin/dev
+ ```
- ```sh
- ❯ git clone https://github.com/syntaxmage05/tracker
- ```
+`bin/dev` starts:
-2. **Navigate to the project directory:**
+- Rails web server
+- Tailwind watcher
+- Sidekiq worker (via `Procfile.dev`)
- ```sh
- ❯ cd tracker
- ```
+## Useful Commands
-3. **Install the dependencies:**
+```bash
+# Run the test suite
+bundle exec rspec
-**Using [docker](https://www.docker.com/):**
+# Run static analysis
+bin/brakeman
+bin/rubocop
-```sh
-❯ docker build -t syntaxmage05/tracker .
+# Open Sidekiq dashboard (when app is running)
+# http://localhost:3000/sidekiq
```
-**Using [bundler](https://www.ruby-lang.org/):**
-```sh
-❯ bundle install
-```
+## Background Jobs
-### Usage
+Tracker schedules recurring jobs every 15 minutes for:
-Run the project with:
+- Team reminder discovery (`Reminders::FindTeamsJob`)
+- Team recap discovery (`Recaps::FindTeamsJob`)
-**Using [docker](https://www.docker.com/):**
+These schedules are configured through Sidekiq Cron during Sidekiq server startup.
-```sh
-docker run -it syntaxmage05/tracker .
-```
-**Using [bundler](https://www.ruby-lang.org/):**
+## Core Routes
-```sh
-bundle exec ruby
-```
+- `/` → personal activity view
+- `/t` → teams
+- `/s` → standups
+- `/sidekiq` → Sidekiq Web UI
-### Testing
+## Project Structure
-Tracker uses the {RSPEC} test framework. Run the test suite with:
+```text
+app/
+ controllers/ # HTTP endpoints and request flow
+ models/ # Domain models (standups, tasks, teams, accounts, users)
+ services/ # Service objects for business workflows
+ views/ # ERB views and UI templates
+config/
+ routes.rb # Route definitions
+ initializers/ # Framework and integration setup (Sidekiq, Devise, etc.)
+spec/ # RSpec test suite
+```
+## Deployment
-```sh
-bundle exec rspec
-```
+The repository includes Docker and Kamal configuration files for containerized deployment workflows.
----
+## Contributing
-
+1. Create a feature branch.
+2. Make and test your changes.
+3. Open a pull request with a clear summary and validation steps.
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