duke

User Guide

What is Duke?

Duke is a personal task manager which records your tasks, remembers the status of your tasks, and shows you all your tasks at one go. Duke uses a command-line interface, where single-line user commands are used for interaction. Duke also stores your tasks locally, so that your data persists between sessions.

Features

• Add Task: Todo - Add a todo to the task list
• Add Task: Deadline - Add a deadline to the task list
• Add Task: Event - Add an event to the task list
• Delete Task - Delete a task from the task list
• Mark Task as Complete - Set the status of a task to done
• View Task List - Show all tasks added to Duke’s task list
• Find a Task - Search for a task by name
• Exit - Exit Duke

Usage

Add a Task

Duke can track 3 different types of tasks, which are todo, deadline, and event.

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todo

Add a todo task to the task list. The todo contains a description of the task.

Syntax
todo <description>

Example
todo buy bread

Expected Outcome

Task added:
  [T][X] buy bread
You have 1 task in the list

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deadline

Add a deadline task to the task list. The deadline contains a description of the task, and a date which indicates when the task is due. The date is specified in the format DD/MM/YY, and the time is specified in the 24h format HHMM.

Syntax
deadline <description> /by <date> <time>

Example
deadline 2113T iP final submission /by 02/03/20 1200

Expected Outcome

Task added:
  [D][X] 2113T iP final submission (by: Mon 02 Mar 2020 12:00)
You have 2 tasks in the list

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event

Add an event task to the task list. The event contains a description of the task, and a date, start time, and end time which indicates when the task takes place. The date is specified in the format DD/MM/YY, and the times are specified in the 24h format HHMM.

Syntax
event <description> /at <date> <startTime> - <endTime>

Example
event tP meeting 7 /at 04/03/20 1400 - 1500

Expected Outcome

Task added:
  [E][X] tP meeting 7 (at: Wed 04 Mar 2020 14:00 - 15:00)
You have 3 tasks in the list

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View all Tasks

list

Shows a list of all tasks stored by Duke.

Syntax
list

Example
list

Expected Outcome

Quite a few tasks you got there
     1. [T][X] buy bread
     2. [D][X] 2113T iP final submission (by: Mon 02 Mar 2020 12:00)
     3. [E][X] tP meeting 7 (at: Wed 04 Mar 2020 14:00 - 15:00)

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Delete a Task

delete

Removes a task from the task list. The task to be removed is identified by its number shown in the list command.

Syntax
delete <taskNumber>

Example
delete 1

Expected Outcome

Task deleted:
  [T][X] buy bread
You have 2 tasks in the list

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Mark a Task as completed

done

Change the status of a task from not done to done. The task to be marked as done is identified by its number shown in the list command.

Syntax
done <taskNumber>

Example
done 2

Expected Outcome:

Well, that's one task down
  [E][O] tP meeting 7 (at: Wed 04 Mar 2020 14:00 - 15:00)

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Find a specific Task

find

Searches the task list for tasks with names that contain the query, then shows all matching tasks to the user.

Syntax
find <query>

Example
find iP

Expected Outcome

Are these what you're looking for?
  1. [D][X] 2113T iP final submission (by: Mon 02 Mar 2020 12:00)

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Exit Duke

bye

Closes the Duke program.

Syntax
bye

Example
bye

Expected Outcome

Bye then

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