User Guide

Duke is a desktop-based Graphical User Inface (GUI) application designed at helping you keep track of your day to day tasks. It has a wide variety of features that can help you manage and organize your tasks. As Duke is optimized for people who can type at high speeds, it has the potential to be quicker than other traditional applications depending on your typing speed.

Download the latest Duke Jar from here.

• Quick start
• Features
  1. View all commands: help
  2. Add a todo: todo
  3. Add a deadline: deadline
  4. Add an event: event
  5. List all tasks: list
  6. Mark a task as done: done
  7. Delete a task: delete
  8. Find a task: find
  9. Reschedule a task: reschedule
  10. Snooze a task: snooze
  11. Exit the program: bye
• Command table

Features

View all commands help

Shows all the commands available. Format: help

Example of usage:
help

Expected outcome:
Welcome to duke!
These are the list of commands and [ ] indicates user input while { } indicates variables
- [todo {name}] to add a new todo
- [deadline {name} /by {dd/mm/yyyy HHmm}] to add a new deadline
- [event {name} /at {dd/mm/yyy HHmm-HHmm}] to add a new event
- [delete {index}] to delete a task at the index specified
- [delete all] to delete all tasks
- [done {index}] to mark a task as done
- [list] to view all tasks in the list
- [find {word}] to find task that contains a certain word
- [snooze {index}] to push back a deadline or event by an hour
- [reschedule {index} {hours}] to push back a deadline or event by a number of hours
- [help] to print list of commands
- [bye] to exit the application

Add a todo: todo

Adds a todo to the list of tasks.
Format: todo [DESCRIPTION]

Example of usage:
todo laundry

Expected outcome:
added: [T][✘] laundry
Now you have 1 tasks in the list.

Add a deadline: deadline

Adds a deadline to the list of tasks.
Format: deadline [NAME] /by [DATE] [TIME]

Example of usage:
deadline assignment /by 25/12/2020 2359

Expected outcome:
added this task: [D][✘] assignment (by 25 Dec 2020 23:59)
Now you have 2 tasks in the list.

Add an event: event

Adds an event to the list of tasks.
Format: event [NAME] /at [DATE] [TIME]-[TIME]

Example of usage:
event tutorial /at 18/09/2020 1100-1200

Expected outcome:
added this task: [E][✘] tutorial (at 18 Sep 2020 11:00-12:00)
Now you have 3 tasks in the list.

List all tasks: list

Shows all tasks. Format: list

Example of usage:
list

Expected outcome:
1. [T][✘] laundry
2. [D][✘] assignment (by 25 Dec 2020 23:59)
3. [E][✘] tutorial (at 18 Sep 2020 11:00-12:00)

Mark a task as done: done

Marks a task as done. Format: done [INDEX]

Example of usage:
done 1

Expected outcome:
Nice! I've marked this task as done:
[T][✓] laundry
Now you have 3 tasks in the list.

Delete a task: delete

Delete a task or all tasks. Format: delete [INDEX] Format: delete all

Example of usage:
delete 2

Expected outcome:
Noted. I've removed this task:
[D][✘] assignment (by 25 Dec 2020 23:59)
Now you have 2 tasks in the list.

Find a task: find

Finds all the task that has a certain word. Format: find [WORD]

Example of usage:
find tutorial

Expected outcome:
Here are the matching tasks in your list:
2. [E][✘] tutorial (at 18 Sep 2020 11:00-12:00)

Reschedule a task: reschedule

Reschedule deadlines and events. Format: reschedule [INDEX] [DATE] [TIME] Format: reschedule [INDEX] [DATE] [TIME]-[TIME]

Example of usage:
reschedule 2 21/9/2020 1200-1300

Expected outcome:
The following task has been rescheduled to:
[E][✘] tutorial (at 21 Sep 2020 12:00-13:00)

Snooze a task: snooze

Push a deadline or event back by a certain number of hours. Format: snooze [INDEX] [HOURS]

Example of usage:
snooze 2 1

Expected outcome:
The following task has been rescheduled to:
[E][✘] tutorial (at 21 Sep 2020 13:00-14:00)

Exit the program: bye

Closes the application Format: bye

Example of usage:
bye

Expected outcome:
Bye. Hope to see you again soon!

Command Table

Command	Format	Example
help	help	help
todo	todo [NAME]	todo read book
deadline	deadline [NAME] /at [DATE] [TIME]	deadline study /by 9/9/2020 2359
event	event [NAME] /at [DATE] [TIME]-[TIME]	event meeting /at 9/10/2020 2:00 PM, 10 Oct 2020 1530
list	list	list
done	done [INDEX]	done 2
delete	delete [INDEX]	delete 1
delete	delete all	delete all
find	find [WORD]	find read
reschedule	reschedule [INDEX] [DATE] [TIME]	reschedule 3 21/9/2020 1300
reschedule	reschedule [INDEX] [DATE] [TIME]-[TIME]	reschedule 2 21/9/2020 1200-1300
snooze	snooze [INDEX] [HOURS]	snooze 2 1
bye	bye	bye