🧮 Budget Tracker (CLI)

A simple command-line budget tracker built with Python. It helps you record income and expenses, view your transaction history, and track your current balance. Data is saved locally in a JSON file to persist across sessions.

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💡 Features

• ➕ Add income and expense transactions
• 📜 View all past transactions with descriptions
• 💰 Automatically updates and displays your current balance
• 💾 Persists data across runs using a .json file
• 📖 Matplotlib For charts.

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🛠️ Tech Stack

• 🐍 Python 3
• 📄 JSON for simple file-based storage

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🎯 Purpose / Problem It Solves

Budgeting is essential, but many people don’t want to set up complicated spreadsheets or apps just to track basic income and expenses.

This CLI tool offers a minimalist solution for:

• 💻 Beginners learning how to program with Python
• 🧾 People who want to quickly log their money habits
• 🏦 Anyone exploring fintech-style logic (transactions, balances, categories) at a simple level

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Bug Fix: Handling Missing Dates and Display of Negative Balances

• Balance Display: Fixed display so income and expenses correctly show positive and negative signs.

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🚀 Getting Started

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/DavidcD8/Budget_Tracker.git
   cd Budget_Tracker

2. Run the script:

   python budget_tracker.py

   Make sure Python 3 is installed.

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