duke

Duke - Interactive Task Tracker

• This is a desktop task tracking application. It has a GUI but most of the user interaction happens using a CLI (Command Line interface)

User Guide

Features

Commands overview

• todo - Create a new Todo task with a description
• event - Create a new Event task with a description and time
• deadline - Create a new Deadline task with a description and deadline
• list - List all tasks
• delete - Delete a specified task
• done - Marks a task as done
• update - Update the description or time of a task
• bye - Exits the application

Command Format

• Words in <UPPER_CASE> are parameters to be supplied by the user

  • E.g In todo <DESCRIPTION>, DESCRIPTION is a parameter which can be used as todo call oppa.

Feature 1: Adding tasks to the tracker

Three types of tasks, Todo, Event and Deadline can be added.

Format: <TASK_TYPE> <PARAMETERS>

1.1) todo - Add a TODO task

Syntax:

todo <DESCRIPTION>

• Adds a new TODO with DESCRIPTION to the list.

Example usage:

todo meet oppa

Output:

[T][N] meet oppa

• Adds a new Todo to meet oppa.

1.2) event - Add an Event task

Syntax:

event <DESCRIPTION> /at <DATETIME>

• Adds a new Event with DESCRIPTION and DETAILS to the list.

Example usage:

event eat dinner with oppa /at Wednesday 2pm

Output:

[E][N] eat dinner with oppa (at: Wednesday 2pm)

• Adds a new Event to eat dinner with oppa at Wednesday 2pm.

1.3) deadline - Add a Deadline task

Syntax:

deadline <DESCRIPTION> /by <DATETIME>

• Adds a new Deadline with DESCRIPTION, to be done by DATETIME to the list.

Example usage:

deadline wash oppa's clothes /by 2019-12-02

Output:

[D][X] wash oppa's clothes (by: Dec 2 2019)

• Adds a new Deadline to wash oppa’s clothes by Dec 2 2019.

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2. List all task

Displays all tasks in the list to the screen.

Syntax: list

Example usage:

todo kiss oppa
list

Output:

1. [T][N] kiss oppa  // only showing 'list' output

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3. Delete a task

Delete a particular task from the list.

Syntax: delete <TASK_NUMBER>

• TASK_NUMBER is the numbering of the task when the list command is executed.

Example usage:

todo kiss oppa
event eat dinner with oppa /at 2019-12-02
list
delete 2
list

Output:

1. [T][N] kiss oppa  // before delete
2. [E][N] eat dinner with oppa (at: Dec 2 2019)

...

1. [T][N] kiss oppa  // after delete

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4. Mark a task as done

Syntax: done <TASK_NUMBER>

Marks a particular task in the list as done.

• TASK_NUMBER is the numbering of the task when the list command is executed.

Example Usage:

todo kiss oppa
event eat dinner with oppa /at 2019-12-02
list
done 2
list

Output:

1. [T][N] kiss oppa  // before 'done'
2. [E][N] eat dinner with oppa (at: Dec 2 2019)

...

1. [T][N] kiss oppa  // after 'done'
2. [E][Y] eat dinner with oppa (at: Dec 2 2019) ---

5. Find a task

Searches and retrieves all tasks with the KEYWORD in the DESCRIPTION

Syntax: find <KEYWORD>

• KEYWORD is the string keyword.

Example Usage:

todo kiss oppa
event eat dinner with oppa /at 2019-12-02
find ith

Output:

1. [E][N] eat dinner with oppa (at: Dec 2 2019)

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6. Update task description or time:

Update the description or time of a task in the list.

Syntax: update <TASKNUMBER> <TORD> <CHANGE>

• TASK_NUMBER is the numbering of the task when the list command is executed.
• TORD T OR D depending on if user wants to update the time or description of the task.
• CHANGE is the string change you want to update to.

Example Usage:

todo kiss oppa
event eat dinner with oppa /at 2019-12-02
list
update 2 T breakup with oppa
list

Output:

1. [T][N] kiss oppa  // before 'update'
2. [E][N] eat dinner with oppa (at: Dec 2 2019)

...

1. [T][N] kiss oppa  // after 'update'
2. [E][Y] breakup with oppa (at: Dec 2 2019)

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7. Exit the Application:

Syntax: bye

Example Usage:

todo kiss oppa
bye

Output:

• No output

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