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User Guide

Introduction

Duke is a Command Line Interface (CLI) optimized Task Manager application which helps you to organize and set up your to-do tasks, events and deadlines.

Quick Start

1. Ensure you have Java 11 or above installed in your Computer.
2. Download the latest duke-v0.2.jar from here.
3. Copy the file to the folder you want to use as the home folder for your Duke.
4. Double-click duke-v0.2.jar to start the application. The GUI should appear with a greeting
   • If you encounter duke.txt file does not exist error. Close the application and run it again, the error will be fixed.

Features

Overview of available features:

• list
• todo
• deadline
• event
• delete
• done
• find
• sort
• bye

Feature 1: Viewing the task list

Views all the tasks in your current task list: list

Format: list

Example: list

Expected example outcome:

Quack! Your list is here:
    1.[T][✓] play dote (Priority: low)
    2.[T][✘] plan for date (Priority: high)
    3.[D][✘] CS2100 assignment (by: Sep 20 2020) (Priority: low)
    4.[T][✘] laundry (Priority: low)

Feature 2: Adding a todo task

Adds a todo task to the task list: todo

Format: todo [description] /priority [priority]

Remarks:

• [description] can have spaces.
• [description] is case-sensitive.
• [priority] can take one of high, medium or low.
• [priority] field is optional. If it is not indicated, priority is set to low.

Example: todo do CS2103T iP increment

Expected example outcome:

Quack Quack Quack. I've added this task: 
    [T][✘] do CS2103T increment (Priority: low)
Master, you now have 5 items in the list! Quack! Quack!

Feature 3: Adding a deadline task

Adds a deadline task to the task list: deadline

Format: deadline [description] /by [date] /priority [priority] or deadline [description] /by [date] [time] /priority [priority]

Remarks:

• [description] can have spaces.
• [description] is case-sensitive.
• [time] field is optional.
• [date] [time] must follow this format YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm.
• [priority] can take one of high, medium or low.
• [priority] field is optional. If it is not indicated, priority is set to low.

Example: deadline CS2100 assignment /by 2020-09-18 23:59

Expected example outcome:

Quack Quack Quack. I've added this task: 
    [D][✘] CS2100 assignment  (by: Sep 18 2020 23:59) (Priority: low)
Master, you now have 6 items in the list! Quack! Quack!

Feature 4: Adding an event task

Adds an event task to the task list: event

Format: event [description] /at [date] /priority [priority] or event [description] /at [date] [time] /priority [priority]

Remarks:

• [description] can have spaces.
• [description] is case-sensitive.
• [time] field is optional.
• [date] [time] must follow this format YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm.
• [priority] can take one of high, medium or low.
• [priority] field is optional. If it is not indicated, priority is set to low.

Example: event The International 10 /at 2021-08-15 /priority medium

Expected example outcome:

Quack Quack Quack. I've added this task: 
    [E][✘] The International 10  (at: Aug 15 2021) (Priority: medium)
Master, you now have 7 items in the list! Quack! Quack!

Feature 5: Deleting a task in the task list

Deletes a given task from your task list: delete

Format: delete [index]

Remarks:

• [index] in the index of the task appeared in the task list.

Example: delete 6

Expected example outcome:

Quackkk. I've removed this task for you: 
    [D][✘] CS2100 assignment  (by: Sep 18 2020 23:59) (Priority: low)
Master, you now have 6 items in the list! Quack! Quack!

Feature 6: Marking a task as done

Marks a given task as done: done

Format: done [index]

Remarks:

• [index] in the index of the task appeared in the task list.

Example: done 2

Expected example outcome:

QUACKK! I've marked this task as done:
    [T][✓] plan for date  (Priority: high)

Note that the corresponding task is changed from:

[T][✘] plan for date  (Priority: high)

to

[T][✓] plan for date  (Priority: high)

Feature 7: Finding tasks

Finds tasks such that their description contains a given keyword: find

Format: find [keyword]

Remarks:

• keyword is case sensitive. For instance CS2100 will only match CS2100, and will not match cs2100.
• keyword can contain only one complete word.

Example: find play

Expected example outcome:

Quack Quack! Here are the matching tasks in your list:
    1.[T][✓] play dote (Priority: low)

Feature 8: Sorting the task list

Sorts the task list according to either alphabetical order or priority order: sort

Format: sort or sort priority

Example: sort

Expected example outcome:

Quack! Here is your task list sorted alphabetically:
    1.[D][✘] CS2100 assignment  (by: Sep 18 2020 23:59) (Priority: low)
    2.[E][✘] The International 10  (at: Aug 15 2021) (Priority: medium)
    3.[T][✘] do CS2103T increment (Priority: low)
    4.[T][✘] laundry (Priority: low)
    5.[T][✓] plan for date  (Priority: high)
    6.[T][✓] play dote (Priority: low)

Example: sort priority

Expected example outcome:

Quack! Here is your task list sorted based on priority:
    1.[T][✓] plan for date  (Priority: high)
    2.[E][✘] The International 10  (at: Aug 15 2021) (Priority: medium)
    3.[T][✓] play dote (Priority: low)
    4.[T][✘] laundry (Priority: low)
    5.[T][✘] do CS2103T increment (Priority: low)
    6.[D][✘] CS2100 assignment  (by: Sep 18 2020 23:59) (Priority: low)

Feature 9: Exiting the program

Exits the program: bye

Format: bye

Example: bye

Expected outcome: The program is closed.