User Guide

Duke Tracker is a desktop app for managing tasks, optimized for use via a Command Line Interface (CLI) while still having the advantages of a Graphical User Interface (GUI). If you can type fast, Duke Tracker can help your task management done faster than traditional GUI applications.

• Features
  • Listing all tasks : list
  • Adding a task : todo
  • Adding a task (with a deadline) : deadline
  • Adding a task (with a specified date) : event
  • Deleting a task : delete
  • Marking a task as done : done
  • Finding tasks : find
  • Exiting the application : bye
  • Saving data

Features

• Words in <....> are the user input.
• Items that have / before them are keywords for that command

Listing all tasks : list

Shows a list of tasks in the current task list.
Format: list

Adding a task : todo

Adds a new todo task.
Format: todo <TASK_DESCRIPTION>

• Tasks with duplicated <TASK_DESCRIPTION> are not allowed.

Examples:

• todo CS2103T Quiz 5 Creates a todo task with description "CS2103T Quiz 5"

Adding a task (with a deadline) : deadline

Adds a new task with a deadline.
Format: deadline <TASK_DESCRIPTION> /by <DEADLINE_DESCRIPTION>

• <DEADLINE_DESCRIPTION> can either be a string or a date in YYYY-MM-DD format.
• Tasks with duplicated <TASK_DESCRIPTION> are not allowed.

Examples:

• deadline return book /by this Sunday
• deadline CS2100 Assignment 1 /by 2020-09-18

Adding a task (with a specified date) : event

Adds a new task with a specified date.
Format: event <TASK_DESCRIPTION> /by <DATE_DESCRIPTION>

• <DATE_DESCRIPTION> can either be a string or a date in YYYY-MM-DD format.
• Tasks with duplicated <TASK_DESCRIPTION> are not allowed.

Examples:

• event return book /at this Sunday
• event CS2100 Assignment 1 /at 2020-09-18

Deleting a task : delete

Deletes a task at the specific index from the task list.
Format: delete <TASK_INDEX>

• <TASK_INDEX> is the index that appears on the left of a task when the task list is shown.

Examples:

• delete 3 Deletes task at index 3
• delete 6 Deletes task at index 6

Marking a task as done : done

Marks a task at the specific index from the task list as finished/done.
Format: done <TASK_INDEX>

• <TASK_INDEX> is the index that appears on the left of a task when the task list is shown.

Examples:

• done 2 Marks task at index 2 as done/finished
• done 5 Marks task at index 5 as done/finished

Finding tasks : find

Finds all the tasks in the task list that match the given querystring.
Format: find <QUERY_STRING>

• Returns tasks of which <TASK_DESCRIPTION> contains <QUERY_STRING> as a substring.
• <QUERY_STRING> is case-insensitive.

Examples:

• find CS2100 Assignment Shows a list of tasks of which <TASK_DESCRIPTION> contains "CS2100 Assignment" as substring

Exiting the application : bye

Exits and closes the application.

Saving data

Duke Tracker automatically saves data into hard disk (.txt file) everytime any changes are made.

Command Summary

Action	Format
List	list
Add	todo <TASK_DESCRIPTION> (e.g., todo CS2103T Quiz 5)
Add (with deadline)	deadline <TASK_DESCRIPTION> /by <DEADLINE_DESCRIPTION> (e.g., deadline return book /by this Sunday)
Add (with date)	event <TASK_DESCRIPTION> /at <DATE_DESCRIPTION> (e.g., event CS2100 Assignment 1 /at 2020-09-18)
Delete	delete <TASK_INDEX> (e.g., delete 3)
Done	done <TASK_INDEX> (e.g., done 2)
Find	find <QUERY_STRING> (e.g., find CS2100 Assignment)
Exit	bye
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