User Guide

1. Introduction

2. Quick Start

3. Features

• 3.1. Adding a todo task: todo

• 3.2. Adding a deadline task: deadline

• 3.3. Adding an event task: event

• 3.4. Listing all tasks: list

• 3.5. Locating tasks by name: find

• 3.6. Deleting a task: delete

• 3.7. Exiting the program: bye

• 3.8. Loading and saving tasks

1. Introduction

Duke application is a personal assistant chat bot for managing tasks. It is designed for people who prefer to work with a Command Line Interface (CLI) while still having the benefits of a Graphical User Interface (GUI).

2. Quick Start

1. Ensure you have Java 11 or above installed in your local machine.

2. Download duke-v0.2.jar here.

3. Copy the file to the folder you want to use as the folder for your Duke application.

4. Double-click the file to run the app. The GUI should appear in a few seconds. A new folder named data will be created within the current folder if there is no existing data folder. This folder contains tasks.txt.

   

   If unable to run, type java -jar duke-v0.2.jar in the terminal / command line.

   

5. Type the command in the text box and press Enter to execute it.

6. Some sample commands you can try:

   list : lists all tasks.

   deadline return book /by 2/1/2019 2359: adds a deadline task to the task list.

   event project meeting /at 2/12/2019 1800: adds an event task to the task list.

   delete 3 : deletes the 3rd task shown in the current list.

   bye : exits the application.

3. Features

3.1 Adding a todo task: todo

Adds a todo task to the task list.

Example todo homework: adds a todo task to the task list

3.2 Adding a deadline task: deadline

Adds a deadline task to the task list. Note that deadlines must have /by followed by a date and time in d/M/yyyy HHmm format.

Example deadline return book /by 2/1/2019 2359: adds a deadline task to the task list.

3.3 Adding an event task: event

Adds an event task to the task list. Note that events must have /at followed by a date and time in d/M/yyyy HHmm format.

Example event project meeting /at 2/12/2019 1800: adds an event task to the task list.

3.4 Listing all tasks: list

Shows the list of all tasks in the current task list.

Example list : lists all tasks.

3.5 Locating tasks by name: find

Finds the tasks with specified keyword.

Example find project : finds all task with keyword ‘project’ in the current list.

3.6 Deleting a task: delete

Deletes specified task from the current task list.

Example delete 3 : deletes the 3rd task shown in the current list.

3.7 Exiting the program: bye

Exits the application.

Example bye : exits the application.

3.8 Loading and saving tasks.

Task list is saved in the file tasks.txt which is within the folder named data. Upon running the application, the data from tasks.txt is automatically loaded into the current task list. Note that if there is no tasks.txt file, a new empty tasks.txt (representing empty task list) will be created.