Duke

A task management app built for me, for you and for everyone

Are you constantly stressed about the tasks you need to do?

Fret not, Duke is here to help you!

Why use Duke? Because it

• is easy to learn and use
• comes with a subscription price of $10/month FREE forever

The project is named after the Java mascot Duke. It builds upon a template for a greenfield Java project provided by the CS2103/T teaching team.

Quick set-up

The set-up is easy. Simply,

1. Download the jar file here.
2. Copy the jar file into an empty folder.
3. Open a terminal at that folder.
4. Run java -jar duke.jar and you are good to go! 😎

Features:

• Managing todos
• Managing events and deadlines
• Saving of tasks to the hard disk at all times
• Searching tasks by their descriptions
• Reminding users of their upcoming undone tasks
• GUI support

Setting up in Intellij

Prerequisites: JDK 11, update Intellij to the most recent version, enable the Gradle plugin in Intellij.

1. Open Intellij (if you are not in the welcome screen, click File > Close Project to close the existing project first)

2. Open the project into Intellij as follows:

   1. Click Open.
   2. Select the project directory, and click OK.
   3. If there are any further prompts, accept the defaults.

3. Configure the project to use JDK 11 (not other versions) as explained in here.
   In the same dialog, set the Project language level field to the SDK default option.

4. Ensure that the selected version of Gradle JVM matches the JDK used.

5. After that, locate the src/main/java/duke/Launcher.java file, right-click it, and choose Run Launcher.main() (if the code editor is showing compile errors, try restarting the IDE). If the setup is correct, you should see something like the below as the output: