https://github.com/emveskioja/expense-tracker
Expense tracker with a receipt scanner and a pie chart
https://github.com/emveskioja/expense-tracker
backend-api contributions-welcome crud-operation expense-tracker fullstack h2-database java open-source pie-chart postgresql react receipt-scanner rest-api restful-api spring-boot
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Expense tracker with a receipt scanner and a pie chart
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/emveskioja/expense-tracker
- Owner: EMVeskioja
- Created: 2025-02-21T11:01:51.000Z (over 1 year ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2025-03-03T14:34:40.000Z (over 1 year ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-03-03T15:15:59.236Z (over 1 year ago)
- Topics: backend-api, contributions-welcome, crud-operation, expense-tracker, fullstack, h2-database, java, open-source, pie-chart, postgresql, react, receipt-scanner, rest-api, restful-api, spring-boot
- Language: Java
- Homepage:
- Size: 21.5 KB
- Stars: 0
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 2
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
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README
💰 Expense Tracker – Full-Stack App (Spring Boot + React)
A simple, no-nonsense expense tracker that started as a RESTful API and is now evolving into a full-stack project.
This is my hands-on way of solidifying CRUD, database management, and frontend integration skills.
🎯 Why This Project?
I’m four months into my Java course, and this project is my trial-by-fire to:
Master Spring Boot and RESTful API development
Implement full CRUD functionality for expenses
Work with relational databases (H2 for now, PostgreSQL later)
Break things, fix them, and (hopefully) learn before breaking them again
Build a functional frontend to visualize & manage expenses
📢 Endpoints are working! As promised, repo is NOW PUBLIC!
Also, let’s be real—I’m milking my free IntelliJ Ultimate while I can. Once that student license expires… it’s hello, open-source editors!
🏆 End goal? A solid portfolio → internship → job (or world domination, we’ll see).
🛠️ Tech Stack
Backend:
Java + Spring Boot
H2 Database (PostgreSQL later)
Spring Data JPA
Swagger UI
OCR Processing (for Receipt Scanning!)
Google Cloud Vision API or Tesseract OCR
Spring Boot file upload handling
Frontend:
React + Vite
Axios (API Requests)
TailwindCSS (Styling)
File Upload & Image Processing (for receipts)
Image preview before upload
Handle OCR results & autofill form
Tools & IDE:
Swagger UI
IntelliJ Ultimate (until I’m forced back to VS Code 😭)
GitHub Actions
✅ Already Working
CRUD Operations – Add, edit, delete, and retrieve expenses
Swagger UI – Auto-generated API documentation & testing
H2 Console – Debugging directly in the browser
🚧 In Progress
Expense List UI – Fetch & display all expenses
Add Expenses – A simple form to add expenses
Edit & Delete Expenses – Manage expenses with UI actions
Basic Data Visualization – Pie charts for spending categories
Scan Receipt & Auto-Fill Form
❌ Not Doing Authentication (Not needed for now, focusing on core functionality)
⚡ API Endpoints Overview
Method Endpoint Description
GET /api/expenses Fetch all expenses
GET /api/expenses/{id} Get an expense by ID
POST /api/expenses Add a new expense
PUT /api/expenses/{id} Update an existing expense
DELETE /api/expenses/{id} Remove an expense
🚀 Next Steps
Fix any broken endpoints & validate inputs properly
Set up React + Vite frontend
Create a UI to list, add & delete expenses
Deploy (without breaking the entire thing 🤞)
💡 Lessons Learned So Far
Spring Boot is magic… until you debug for hours.
H2 is great for testing but would implode in production.
Writing clean endpoints is easy—handling edge cases is a nightmare.
Swagger saves time (and possibly my sanity).
🌟 Contributions & Feedback
This project is NOW PUBLIC, and contributions are welcome!
⭐ Stars, forks, and issues are encouraged!
💡 Open to ideas for features & improvements!
📬 Contact: [elisemarieveskioja@gmail.com]
😂 Final Thoughts
If you’re still here, you’re either:
Actually interested in my project (which means you have excellent taste, obviously).
A recruiter scanning for red flags (I assure you, my exception handling is better than my life choices).
Lost, confused, but too deep in now to back out (we ride at dawn).
Either way—glad to have you! 🚀 Stick around, watch me build cool stuff, and if this breaks in production… well, let’s just call that an immersive learning experience. 😎
And if nothing else, at least you can say you witnessed whatever this is unfold in real time. Exciting, right? Right??