StuMate — All-in-One Student Productivity Web App
Designed and developed a feature-rich study management platform that combines AI-powered exam prep, drag-and-drop task planning, budget tracking, and collaborative study rooms into a single React-based web app for students.
One platform to organize classes, plan study sessions, track budgets, and prepare for exams
StuMate is a comprehensive student productivity web app built to consolidate the scattered tools students rely on daily. Instead of switching between calendar apps, budgeting spreadsheets, to-do lists, and quiz platforms, students get a unified dashboard that connects every part of their academic workflow — from class scheduling and task management to AI-powered exam preparation.
The project was developed by Ab Nahid Agency as a full-stack React application with a Node.js/MongoDB backend and Firebase authentication. The goal was clear: build a custom productivity web application that feels intuitive on day one, scales with the student's workload, and introduces intelligent features like AI-generated quizzes and personalized study paths that generic tools simply don't offer.
Fragmented tools and zero integration across the student workflow
Students manage their academic lives across five or more disconnected apps — a calendar here, a budget tracker there, flashcards somewhere else. This fragmentation kills productivity and creates blind spots in how they spend their time and money.
Tool fragmentation
Students juggle separate apps for scheduling, to-do lists, budgeting, and exam prep. No single tool connects these workflows, leading to missed deadlines, duplicated effort, and constant context-switching.
No intelligent study support
Existing productivity apps track tasks but don't help students actually study. There's no way to generate practice questions, get a personalized study roadmap, or measure focus time within the same platform.
Poor mobile experience
Many academic tools were designed for desktop first. Students who study on tablets and phones encounter clunky interfaces, broken layouts, and features that simply don't work on smaller screens.
No social or collaborative layer
Studying is often a group activity, yet most productivity apps are single-player. Students lack built-in ways to create study rooms, share resources, or engage in peer discussions without leaving the platform.
A React-powered study management app with AI, real-time data, and collaborative features
We built StuMate as a modular React application with a clean component architecture, TanStack Query for server state management, and a Node.js/Express API backed by MongoDB. Firebase handles authentication and user sessions, giving students a secure, persistent experience across devices.
The UX was designed around a central dashboard that surfaces the metrics students care about most — upcoming tasks, weekly study trends, expense breakdowns, and focus time — without requiring them to dig through menus. Every feature module (scheduler, planner, budget tracker, AI exam prep, study rooms) was built as a self-contained unit that feeds data back to the dashboard, creating a unified productivity picture.
AI-Powered Exam Preparation
Integrated Google's Gemini Pro via Genkit to generate custom multiple-choice quizzes on any topic at adjustable difficulty levels. Students get instant practice tests with answers — turning passive task tracking into active learning.
Drag-and-Drop Kanban Study Planner
A visual task board with To Do, In Progress, and Done columns lets students organize study goals by subject, priority, and deadline. Drag-and-drop interaction makes replanning effortless as workloads shift.
Unified Dashboard with Data Visualization
Recharts-powered graphs display weekly study trends, expense radar charts, and monthly spending patterns. The dashboard consolidates every module's data into a single view, giving students a clear picture of their academic and financial health.
Full-stack delivery from concept to deployed product
Discovery & Feature Scoping
Identified core student pain points through user research. Defined the feature set: dashboard, class scheduler, task planner, budget tracker, AI exam prep, focus timer, study journal, achievements, community forum, practice rooms, and profile management.
UI/UX Design & Component Architecture
Designed a mobile-first interface using Tailwind CSS and shadcn/ui components. Established the modular React component structure with shared layout patterns, consistent color coding, and accessible form patterns across all feature modules.
Core Feature Development
Built the React frontend with TanStack Query for data fetching, Firebase Authentication for login/registration, and the Node.js/Express/MongoDB API layer. Implemented the dashboard, class scheduler, Kanban planner, and budget tracker.
AI Integration & Advanced Features
Integrated Gemini Pro for AI exam prep and study path generation. Built the Pomodoro focus timer with persistent state, the study journal, achievements/gamification system, collaborative practice rooms, and the community forum.
Testing, Optimization & Deployment
Cross-device responsive testing, performance optimization, and deployment to Netlify with environment configuration. Final QA across authentication flows, data persistence, and AI response handling.
A production-ready student productivity platform with 12+ integrated features
StuMate launched as a fully functional study management app that consolidates the entire student workflow into one interface.
Modern full-stack education technology architecture
StuMate brings everything a student needs into one place — scheduling, budgeting, studying, and collaboration. It's the productivity platform we wished we had in university.