User Guide

Duke is a desktop app for tasks, optimized for use via a Command Line Interface (CLI). User will not have to remember task details and it can be found easily with commands.

1. Quick start
2. Features
   1. Adding a todo task: todo
   2. Adding a task with deadline: deadline
   3. Adding a event: event
   4. Showing all tasks: list
   5. Search a task: find
   6. Mark a task as done: done
   7. Delete a task: delete
   8. Help: help
   9. Exiting the program : bye
3. FAQ
4. Command summary

Quick Start

Prerequisites: JDK 11, update Intellij to the most recent version.

1. Ensure Intellij JDK 11 is defined as an SDK, as described here – this step is not needed if you have used JDK 11 in a previous Intellij project.
2. Download the latest duke.jar from here.
3. Copy the file to the folder you want to use as the home folder.
4. Double-click the file to start the app. The GUI will greet you with:

    
Hi I’m Duke
How can I assist you today?
	

1. Type the command in the command box and press Enter to execute it. e.g. typing list and pressing Enter will display all task that you have saved so far in the window. Some example commands you can try:

   1. todo feed zhuzhu: Add a task to feed zhuzhu

   2. deadline return book /by Sunday: Add a task return book and the deadline for the task is Sunday.

   3. event dinner /at Mon 7pm: Add a dinner event that happens on Mon 7pm.

   4. list: List out all tasks details

   5. find dinner: List out all task that contain the word “dinner”

   6. done 1: Mark the 1st task as done.

   7. delete 3 : Deletes the 3rd task shown in the current list.

   8. help: Support details will be shown.

   9. bye : Exit the application.

2. Duke has auto-save and auto-load function. The list is being save as a text file named “Duke.txt” which is auto created and overwritten in the root folder.

3. Refer to the Features below for details of each command.

Features

Adding a todo task: todo

Add a new task to the list.

Format: [todo] [task name]

Example:

todo wash toilet

Adding a task with deadline: deadline

Add a new task to the list.

Format: [deadline] [task name] [/by] [deadline]

Example:

deadline return book /by Sunday

Adding a event task: event

Add a new task to the list.

Format: [event] [task name] [/at] [when the task happens]

Example:

event dinner /at Mon 7pm

Showing all tasks: list

List out all tasks

Format: [list]

Example:

list

Search for a task: find

List out the tasks based on the keyword

Format: [find] [keyword]

Example:

find dinner

Mark a task as done: done

Mark a task as done using task index

Format: [done] [index]

Example:

done 1

Delete a task: delete

Delete a task from the list

Format: [delete] [index]

Example:

delete 3

Help: help

Get Support

Format: [help]

Exiting the program : bye

Exits the application.

Format: [bye]

Example:

bye