User Guide

Duke is a desktop app for managing your tasks, optimized for use via a Command Line Interface (CLI) while still having the benefits of a Grahpical User Interface (GUI). If you can type fast, Duke can improve your efficiency in managing your tasks.

• Quick Start
• Features
  • Adding a ToDo task: todo
  • Adding a Deadline task: deadline
  • Adding a Event task: event
  • Adding a Recurring task: recurring
  • Listing all tasks: list
  • Marking task as done: done
  • Marking task as not done: undo
  • Finding a task: find
  • Deleting a task: delete
  • Exiting the program: bye
• Saving the data
• Command Summary

Quick Start

1. Ensure that you have Java 11 or above installed in your Computer.
2. Download the latest Duke.jar from here.
3. Copy the file to the folder you want to use as the home folder for your Duke app.
4. Double-click the file to start the app. The GUI similar to the below should appear in a few seconds. Note how the app contains some sample data.
5. Type the command in the command box and press Enter to execute it.
6. Refer to the Features below for details for each command.

Features

Adding a ToDo task: todo

Adds a todo task to the list of the tasks. Format: todo [TASK]

Example of usage:

• todo return book
• todo read book

Adding a Deadline task: deadline

Adds a task with a dealine to the list of the tasks. Format: deadline [TASK] /by [DD-MM-YYYY HHMM] deadline [TASK] /by [YYYY-MM-DD HHMM]

• DD is day, MM is month, YYYY is year, HH is hour in 24H format, MM is minutes
• No other combination of date is allowed except for the mentioned.

Example of usage:

• deadline return book /by 4-6-2020 1800
• deadline read book /by 2020-6-4 1800

Adding a Event task: event

Adds a event task to the list of the tasks. Format: event [TASK] /at [TIME]

Example of usage:

• event return book /by sunday
• event read book /by wednesday

Adding a Recurring task: recurring

Adds a recurring task to the list of the tasks. Task will undo itself automatically with the time and frequency given. Format: recurring [FREQUENCY] [DESCRIPTION] [TIME]

• Frequency can only be daily, weekly, monthly.
• TIME must be in 24 hours

Example of usage:

• recurring daily return book 1600
• recurring weekly return book 1600
• recurring monthly return book 1600

Listing all tasks: list

Shows a list of all the tasks.

Format: list

Example of usage:

• list

Marking task as done: done

Marks the task as done.

Format: done [TASK NUMBER]

• TASK NUMBER must be an integer.

Example of usage:

• done 1

Marking task as not done: undo

Marks the task as not done.

Format: undo [TASK NUMBER]

• TASK NUMBER must be an integer.

Example of usage:

• undo 1

Finding a task: find

Finds a task in the tasklist.

Format: find [TASK NAME]

Example of usage:

• find book

Deleting a task: delete

Deletes a task in the tasklist.

Format: delete [TASK NUMBER]

• TASK NUMBER must be an integer.

Example of usage:

• delete 1

Exiting the program: bye

Exits the program

Format: bye

Example of usage:

• bye

Saving the data

Task data are saved in the hard disk automatically when the command bye is inputted.

Command summary

Action	Format
todo	todo [TASK]
deadline	deadline [TASK] /by [DD-MM-YYYY HHMM] deadline [TASK] /by [YYYY-MM-DD HHMM]
event	event [TASK] /at [TIME]
recurring	recurring [FREQUENCY] [DESCRIPTION] [TIME]
list	list
done	done [TASK NUMBER]
undo	undo [TASK NUMBER]
find	find [TASK NAME]
delete	delete [TASK NUMBER]
bye	bye