duke

Duke - User Guide

By: WANG JINGTAN Since: Jan 2020

• Introduction
• Quick Start
• Features
  • Viewing help
  • Adding tasks
  • Checking data
  • Finding a task
  • Having done a task
  • Deleting a task
  • Listing all tasks
  • Exiting duke
  • Saving the tasks
• FAQ
• Command Summary

1. Introduction

Duke is for those who wants to record daily life tasks on desktop. It is a Personal Assistant Chatbot that helps a person to keep track of various things. As a Command Line Interface (CLI) application, it is suitable for those who type fast.

2. Quick Start

1. Ensure you have JAVA ‘11’ or above installed in your Computer.
2. Download the latest duke.jar here.
3. Copy the file to an empty folder where you want to use as the home folder for your Duke.
4. Open a command window in that folder.
5. Run the command java -jar duke.jar. The CLI should appear in a few seconds.
6. Some example commands you can try:
   • help : shows all the command you can try
   • todo clean the house: add clean the house to duke
   • bye : exit the app
7. Refer to Section 3. Features for details of each command. Description of feature.

3. Features

3.1 Viewing help : help

Format: help

3.2 Adding tasks:

All the tasks are not done when they are first created.

3.2.1 Adding to do: todo

Adds a task that needs to be done<p> Format: todo TASK<p> Examples:

• todo Clean the house
• todo laundry

  3.2.3 Adding deadline: deadline

  Adds a task that has deadline<p> Format: deadline TASK /by TIME<p> The TIME is suggested to follow format:yyyy-mm-dd<p> Examples:

• deadline assignment /by 2020-03-01
• deadline coding exercise /by tomorrow midnight

  3.2.3 Adding event : event

  Adds a task that happens on a specific day<p> Format: event TASK /at TIME<p> The TIME is suggested to follow format:yyyy-mm-dd<p> Examples:

• event read book /at 2020-03-06
• event group meeting /at 6pm

3.3 Checking date: check

Checks deadline/event occurs on that day<p> Format: check yyyy-mm-dd<p> Example: check 2020-03-01

3.4 Finding a task: find

Finds a task by its keyword in the task description<p> Format: find KEYWORD<p> Example: find book

3.5 Having done a task: done

Marks a task as done.<p> Format: done INDEX<p> INDEX is a number starts from 1

3.6 Deleting a task: delete

Deletes a task.<p> Format: delete INDEX<p> INDEX is a number starts from 1

3.7 Listing all tasks: list

Lists all the tasks.<p> Format: list

3.8 Exiting duke: bye

Exits the app.<p> Format: bye

3.9 Saving the tasks

Tasks in duke are saved in the hard disk automatically. You can find all the existing tasks in the data folder in the Duke folder.

4. FAQ

Q: How do I transfer my data to another Computer?<P> A: Install the app in the other computer and copy the data folder in previous Duke folder to the new Duke Folder.

Q: What if I accidentally input something wrong?<P> A: Duke can handle such error. No worry.

5. Command Summary

• Help help
• Add <p>todo TASK<P> deadline TASK /by yyyy-mm-dd <p> event TASK /at yyyy-mm-dd
• Check check yyyy-mm-dd
• Find find KEYWORD
• Done done INDEX
• Delete delete INDEX
• List list
• Exit bye