User Guide

Introduction

Duke is an application that allows you to record your daily tasks.

Features

Adding tasks

You can add and classify your tasks into three types: todo, deadline, and event.

Listing out the tasks

Duke lists out the tasks you have added previously.

Adding status to a task

You can mark your task as done or undone.

Deleting a task

You can delete an unwanted task from the existing tasks.

Finding tasks

You can search for tasks based on their descriptions.

Sorting the tasks

You can sort your tasks in the list by time (time which the task has to be done), task type (type of the tasks) and task name (name of the task, in alphabetical order).

Usage

Greeting Duke: hello or hi

Greets Duke.

• Format: hello or hi

Adding a todo task: todo

Adds a todo task to the tasks list.

• Format: todo <task descriptions>

• Example: todo buy book

  Expected outcome:

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

Adding a deadline: deadline

Adds a deadline to the tasks list.

Kindly take note that the date and time should be in the format of yyyy-MM-dd HHmm.

• Format: deadline <task descriptions> /by <date and time>

• Example: deadline submit project /by 2020-02-02 2020

  Expected outcome:

    Got it. I've added this task:
    [D][x] submit project (by: Feb 2 2020 20:20)
    Now you have 2 tasks in the list.
  

Adding an event: event

Adds an event to the tasks list.

Kindly take note that the date and time should be in the format of yyyy-MM-dd HHmm.

• Format: event <task descriptions> /at <date and time>

• Example: event birthday party /at 2020-02-18 1900

  Expected outcome:

    Got it. I've added this task:
    [E][x] birthday party (by: Feb 18 2020 19:00)
    Now you have 3 tasks in the list.
  

Listing the tasks: list

Lists out all the existing tasks.

• Format: list

• Example: list

  Expected outcome:

    Here are the tasks in your list:
    1. [T][x] buy book
    2. [D][x] submit project (by: Feb 2 2020 20:20)
    3. [E][x] birthday party (by: Feb 18 2020 19:00)
  

Marking a task as done: done

Changes the status of a task to done.

• Format: done <index>

• Example: done 1

  Expected outcome:

    Nice! I've mark this task as done:
    [T][/] buy book
  

Marking a task as undone: undone

Changes the status of a task to undone.

• Format: undone <index>

• Example: undone 1

  Expected outcome:

    The task's status has been changed to incomplete:
    [T][x] buy book
  

Deleting a task: delete

Removes a task from the tasks list.

• Format: delete <index>

• Example: delete 1

  Expected outcome:

    Noted. I've removed this task:
    [T][x] buy book
    Now you have 2 tasks in the list.
  

Finding tasks: find

Finds tasks by their description.

• Format: find <keyword>

• Example: find project

  Expected outcome:

    Here are the matching tasks in your list:
    1. [D][x] submit project (by: Feb 2 2020 20:20)
    2. [D][x] CS2103T project (by: Mar 1 2020 23:59)
  

Sorting the tasks: sort

Sorting the tasks by time

Sorts the tasks by time, in ascending order.

• Format: sort /by time

• Example: sort /by time

  Expected outcome:

    Here are the tasks in your list:
    1. [D][x] submit project (by: Feb 2 2020 20:20)
    2. [E][x] birthday party (by: Feb 18 2020 19:00)
    3. [D][x] CS2103T project (by: Mar 1 2020 23:59)
    4. [T][x] buy book
  

Sorting the tasks by type

Categorizes the tasks by their types.

• Format: sort /by task type

• Example: sort /by task type

  Expected outcome:

    Here are the tasks in your list:
    1. [D][x] submit project (by: Feb 2 2020 20:20)
    2. [D][x] CS2103T project (by: Mar 1 2020 23:59)
    3. [E][x] birthday party (by: Feb 18 2020 19:00)
    4. [T][x] buy book
  

Sorting the tasks by name

Sorts the tasks by their names, in alphabetical order.

• Format: sort /by task name

• Example: sort /by task name

  Expected outcome:

    Here are the tasks in your list:
    1. [E][x] birthday party (by: Feb 18 2020 19:00)
    2. [T][x] buy book
    3. [D][x] CS2103T project (by: Mar 1 2020 23:59)
    4. [D][x] submit project (by: Feb 2 2020 20:20)
  

Exiting the window: bye

Closes the window.

• Format: bye

Command Summary

• Greet: hello or hi
• Add todo: todo <task descriptions>
  • e.g. todo buy book
• Add deadline: deadline <task descriptions> /by <date and time>
  • e.g. deadline submit project /by 2020-02-02 2020
• Add event: event <task descriptions> /at <date and time>
  • e.g. event birthday party /at 2020-02-18 1900
• List: list
• Done: done <index>
  • e.g. done 1
• Undone: undone <index>
  • e.g. undone 1
• Delete: delete <index>
  • e.g. delete 1
• Find: find <keyword>
  • e.g. find project
• Sort by time: sort /by time
• Sort by task type: sort /by task type
• Sort by task name: sort /by task name
• Exit: bye