backend queue background-jobs nodejs redis

Task Queue System

Build a task queue system for processing background jobs asynchronously

โฑ๏ธ Time Breakdown

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Planning
~1 hours
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Coding
~2 hours
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Testing
~1 hours

๐Ÿ“Š Difficulty

HARD

๐ŸŽ“ Learning Outcomes

  • โ€ข Working with REST APIs
  • โ€ข Managing application state
  • โ€ข Creating responsive layouts

Task Queue System

Create a robust task queue system that processes background jobs asynchronously, handles job retries, prioritization, and provides job status tracking.

Project Checklist

  • Create queue data structure for job storage
  • Implement job enqueueing with metadata
  • Build worker system to process jobs
  • Add job status tracking (pending, processing, completed, failed)
  • Implement job retry mechanism for failed jobs
  • Add priority levels for job processing

Bonus Project Checklist Items

  • Implement delayed/scheduled jobs
  • Add job progress tracking
  • Create job cancellation functionality
  • Implement multiple worker pools
  • Add job result storage
  • Create monitoring dashboard

Inspiration (Any companies/libraries similar)

  • Bull
  • Celery
  • AWS SQS

Hint/Code snippet to start

class TaskQueue {
  constructor() {
    this.queue = [];
    this.processing = false;
  }

  async enqueue(job) {
    this.queue.push({ ...job, status: 'pending', id: Date.now() });
    this.process();
  }

  async process() {
    if (this.processing || this.queue.length === 0) return;
    this.processing = true;
    const job = this.queue.shift();
    job.status = 'processing';
    try {
      await this.executeJob(job);
      job.status = 'completed';
    } catch (error) {
      job.status = 'failed';
      job.retries = (job.retries || 0) + 1;
    }
    this.processing = false;
    this.process();
  }
}
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