Student Deadline Guardian

A practical student productivity app that helps track deadlines, urgency, and weekly planning.

Portfolio pitch

An operations-style planning tool for students that turns scattered due dates into clear, prioritized weekly action.

Why this helps real users

• Prevents missed deadlines with urgency visibility
• Keeps high-priority work visible
• Generates digest-style checklist for weekly planning

Features

• Deadline dashboard with days-left logic
• Priority summary cards
• Add-new deadline form
• Weekly digest endpoint
• 3D-style modern interface at /ui

Architecture

• FastAPI backend with CSV-backed deadline data
• Priority scoring from due date + impact fields
• Frontend dashboard for quick planning and updates

Run

cd D:\Code\python\student-deadline-guardian
python -m venv .venv
.\.venv\Scripts\Activate.ps1
pip install -r requirements.txt
uvicorn app.main:app --reload --port 8100

• UI: http://127.0.0.1:8100/ui
• Docs: http://127.0.0.1:8100/docs

API quick test

Invoke-RestMethod -Method GET -Uri "http://127.0.0.1:8100/deadlines/summary"

Recruiter demo points

1. Open /ui and show summary cards
2. Add a new deadline and show instant dashboard update
3. Show digest output and explain weekly planning impact

Dataset

• 20 realistic academic + admin + career deadlines in data/deadlines.csv

Screenshots / Demo GIF

• Add your UI screenshot here after first run
• Optional: add a 10-15 second GIF of adding a deadline and refreshing summary