Duke User Guide

This is a Command Line Interface (CLI) application for managing tasks. It allows users to add and manage their various types of tasks.

• Features
  • Adding Todo
  • Adding Deadline
  • Adding Event
  • Displaying tasks
  • Marking task as done
  • Removing task
  • Finding keyword
  • Exiting Duke
• Command summary

Features

Notes about command format:

• Words in UPPER_CASE are the parameters to be supplied by the user.
  • e.g. in todo DESCRIPTION, DESCRIPTION is a parameter which can be used as todo CS2113T Quiz.
• Every task will be displayed in the following format:[Task_Type][Status] Description
  • e.g. [T][ ] CS2113T Quiz
  • 3 Types of task:
    • Todo: [T]
    • Deadline: [D]
    • Event: [E]
  • 2 Types of statuses:
    • Completed: [X]
    • Not Complete: [ ]

Adding a Todo task : todo

Adds a Todo task to the task list.

Format: todo DESCRIPTION

Example:

• todo Study for midterms

Expected outcome:

Added: [T][ ] Study for midterms

Adding a Deadline task : deadline

Adds a Deadlne task to the task list.

Format: deadline DESCRIPTION /by END_TIME

Example:

• deadline Study for midterms /by this thursday

Expected outcome:

Added: [D][ ] Study for midterms (by: this thursday)

Adding an Event task : event

Adds a Event task to the task list.

Format: event DESCRIPTION /at EVENT_TIME

Example:

• event Midterms /at this friday

Expected outcome:

Added: [E][ ] Midterms (at: this friday)

Displaying tasks : list

Displays all the tasks in the task list.

Format: list

Expected outcome:

1.[D][ ] Cs3235 quiz (by: this friday)
2.[E][ ] Cs2113t meeting (at: this sunday 10am)
3.[T][X] Meet my friend

Changing status of a task : done

Marks a task as done.

Format: done TASK_NUMBER

Example:

• done 2

Expected outcome:

1.[D][ ] Cs3235 quiz (by: this friday)
2.[E][X] Cs2113t meeting (at: this sunday 10am)
3.[T][X] Meet my friend

Removing a task : delete

Deletes a task from the task list.

Format: delete TASK_NUMBER

Example:

• delete 3

Expected outcome:

Noted. I've removed this task:
[T][X] Meet my friend

Searching for a keyword : find

Searches for keyword in the description of all the tasks. Keyword is case-sensitive.

Format: find KEYWORD

Example:

• find Cs

Expected outcome:

[D][ ] Cs3235 quiz (by: this friday)
[E][X] Cs2113t meeting (at: this sunday 10am)

Exiting Duke : bye

Exits the program.

Format: bye

Expected outcome:

Bye. Hope to see you again soon!

Storing and Loading of data

The tasks in the task list will be automatically stored in a text file when exiting Duke.

The tasks will also be automatically loaded into the task list from the text file when Duke starts.

Command Summary

Command	Format	Example
todo	todo DESCRIPTION	todo Study for midterms
deadline	deadline DESCRIPTION /by END_TIME	deadline Study for midterms /by this thursday
event	event DESCRIPTION /at EVENT_TIME	event Midterms /at this friday
list	list	list
done	done TASK_NUMBER	done 2
delete	delete TASK_NUMBER	delete 3
find	find KEYWORD	find Cs
bye	bye	bye