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Task Manager Duke User Guide

Introduction

Duke is a personal chat bot that allows user to manage their tasks. Duke is optimized for use via a Command Line Interface while still having the benefits of a Graphical User Interface (GUI).

User Interface

Quick Start

1. Make sure that you have Java 11 or above installed.
2. You can get the Task Manager Duke here.
3. Download the duke.jar file.
4. Double click the file to run the Duke.
5. Type commands into the command box and click ‘Send’ or press Enter to execute.

Features

1. Create a todo task

Function: Creates a new todo task and adds it to the list.
Format: todo <description>
Example of usage:

todo read book

Expected outcome:

Got it. I've added this task:
[T][X] read book 
Now you have 1 tasks in the list.

2. Create a deadline task

Function: Creates a new deadline task and adds it to the list.
Format: deadline <description> /by <time>

• If the <time> input is in the form YYYY-MM-DD, it will be auto parsed into DAY, Mon DD YYYY
• Other <time> format will be treated as string
  

Example of usage:

deadline submit essay /by 2020-09-18

Expected outcome:

Got it. I've added this task:
[D][X] submit essay (by: FRIDAY, Sep 18 2020)
Now you have 1 tasks in the list.

3. Create an event task

Function: Creates a new event task and adds it to the list.
Format: event <description> /at <time>

• If the <time> input is in the form YYYY-MM-DD, it will be auto parsed into DAY, Mon DD YYYY
• Other <time> format will be treated as string
  

Example of usage:

event meeting /at 2020-09-18

Expected outcome:

Got it. I've added this task:
[E][X] meeting (at: FRIDAY, Sep 18 2020)
Now you have 1 tasks in the list.

4. Mark a task as done

Function: Marks the task in the list as completed.
Format: done <task_index>
Example of usage:

done 1

Expected outcome:

Nice: I've marked this task as done:
[T][V] read book

5. Delete an existing task

Function: Deletes a task in the list.
Format: delete <task_index> or delete all
Example of usage:

delete 1

Expected outcome:

Noted! I've removed this task
[T][V] read book
Now you have 0 tasks in the list

Example of usage:

delete all

Expected outcome:

Noted! I've removed all tasks in the list.
Now you have no task in the list.

6. Tag a task

Function: Attaches tag(s) to a task.
Format: tag <task_index> <tags>

• The tags must be separated by commas (e.g. fun, important, urgent)
  

Example of usage:

tag 1 important

Expected outcome:

Noted! I've added the tag to your task.
[E][X] #important meeting (at: FRIDAY, Sep 18 2020)

7. Find task(s) by search_term

Function: Returns all the tasks containing the search_term in the description or tag.
Format: find <search_term>

• The search term can be words from the task description or tag assigned to the task
  

Example of usage:

find book

Expected outcome:

Here are the matching tasks in your list:
1: [T][V] read book

Example of usage:

find important

Expected outcome:

Here are the matching tasks in your list:
1: [E][X] #important meeting (at: FRIDAY, Sep 18 2020)

8. List all tasks

Function: Lists all the tasks in the current list.
Format: list
Example of usage:

list

Expected outcome:

Here are the tasks in your list:
1: [T][X] read book
2: [E][X] #important meeting (at: FRIDAY, Sep 18 2020)

9. Exit the task

Function: Ends the chat session with Duke.
Format: bye Example of usage:

tag 1 important

Expected outcome:

Bye. See you again next time!