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User Guide

Duke is a desktop app for managing tasks. Duke keeps track of ongoing and finished tasks. Duke offers an interactive and easy way to manage your time.

Quick Start

1. Download duke.jar file from github.

2. Ensure you have Java 11 or above installed.

3. Choose the home folder and make a copy of the file there.

4. Double-click the file to start the app.

5. A GUI should start.
   

6. Refer to the Usage below for the details of each command.

Features

Task Management

• Add tasks
• Delete tasks
• Mark task as done
• Tag tasks

Task Types

• Todo
• Event
• Deadline

View Tasks

• view all tasks in the current task list

Interactive Design

• Greets user when Duke is started up

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|  _ \ _   _| | _____ 
| | | | | | | |/ / _ \
| |_| | |_| |   <  __/
|____/ \__,_|_|\_\___|
 Hello I'm Duke
 What can I do for you?

• Gives user a response when commands are inputted
• Tells user when input is incorrect

Usage

list - List Command

Lists all tasks in the current task list numerically. The details, such as tags, date & time, other information, of the tasks are also shown

Example of usage:

list

Expected outcome:

Here are the tasks in your list:
1. [D][✗] iP (by: 16 Sep 2020, 11:59 PM) #OMFG
2. [T][✓] eat dinner #hungry
3. [E][✗] Graduation! (at: 2021 ) 

todo - Todo Task Command

Creates and adds an ongoing todo task to the list.

Format:

todo <description>

Example of usage:

todo eat dinner

Expected outcome:

Got it. I've added this task:
 [T][✗] eat dinner
Now you have 4 tasks in the list.

event - Event Task Command

Creates and adds an ongoing event task to the list.

Format:

event <description> /at <description>

Example of usage:

event my birthday /at my place

Expected outcome:

Got it. I've added this task:
 [E][✗] my birthday (at: my place) 
Now you have 5 tasks in the list.

deadline - Deadline Task Command

Creates and adds an ongoing deadline task to the list.

Format:

event <description> /by <date&time>

date&time format:

dd/mm/yyyy tttt

• Note: no need to write 0 for day and month

• 02/09/2020 can be written as 2/9/2020

Example of usage:

deadline user guide /by 17/9/2020 2359

Expected outcome:

Got it. I've added this task:
 [D][✗] user guide (by: 17 Sep 2020, 11:59 PM) 
Now you have 6 tasks in the list.

delete - Delete Command

Deletes a task from the task list specified by task’s index shown using list command.

Format:

delete <task index>

Example of usage:

delete 6

Expected outcome:

Noted. I've removed this task:
 [D][✗] user guide (by: 17 Sep 2020, 11:59 PM) 
Now you have 5 tasks in the list.

done - Done Command

Marks a task as done. Task is specified using task’s index shown using list command.

Format:

done <task index>

Example of usage:

done 5

Expected outcome:

Nice! I've marked this task as done:
 [E][✓] my birthday (at: my place) 

/tag - tag notation

Note tasks with a tag when creating new tasks.

Format: <add tas command> /tag <tag>

Example of usage:

deadline user guide /by 17/9/2020 2359 /tag GG

Expected outcome:

Got it. I've added this task:
 [D][✗] user guide (by: 17 Sep 2020, 11:59 PM) #GG
Now you have 6 tasks in the list.

Note:

• /tag must be added at the end of input
• the tag must be alphanumeric

save - Save Command

Saves the current task list to the hard drive.

Example of usage:

save

Expected outcome:

Tasks have been saved!

find - Find Command

Finds and lists the tasks that have a matching sequence.

Format:

find <phrase>

Example of usage:

find user guide

Expected outcome:

Here are the matching tasks in your list:
6.[D][✗] user guide (by: 17 Sep 2020, 11:59 PM) #GG

bye - Bye Command

Exits the program.

Example of usage:

bye

Expected outcome:

Bye. Hope to see you again soon!