https://github.com/rollingghost/expense-tracker

A simple expense tracker application to manage your finances.
https://github.com/rollingghost/expense-tracker

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A simple expense tracker application to manage your finances.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/rollingghost/expense-tracker
• Owner: rollingghost
• Created: 2024-09-04T16:49:59.000Z (5 months ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-09-09T15:19:06.000Z (5 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-11-09T04:15:46.099Z (3 months ago)
• Language: Rust
• Size: 69.3 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 1
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  • Readme: README.md

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# Expense Tracker

Build a simple expense tracker application to manage your finances. The application allows users to add, delete, and view their expenses, and provides a summary of the expenses.

## Project URL

[Expense Tracker Project](https://roadmap.sh/projects/expense-tracker)

## Features

- **Add Expense**: Users can add an expense with a description and amount.

- **Update Expense**: Users can update an existing expense.

- **Delete Expense**: Users can delete an expense.

- **View Expenses**: Users can view all expenses.

- **Summary**: Users can view a summary of all expenses.

- **Monthly Summary**: Users can view a summary of expenses for a specific month (of the current year).

## Additional Features

- **Expense Categories**: Add expense categories and allow users to filter expenses by category.

- **Monthly Budget**: Allow users to set a budget for each month and show a warning when the user exceeds the budget.

- **Export to CSV**: Allow users to export expenses to a CSV file.

## Commands and Expected Output

```sh

$ expense-tracker add --description "Lunch" --amount 20

# Expense added successfully (ID: 1)

$ expense-tracker add --description "Dinner" --amount 10

# Expense added successfully (ID: 2)

$ expense-tracker list

# ID  Date       Description  Amount

# 1   2024-08-06  Lunch        $20

# 2   2024-08-06  Dinner       $10

$ expense-tracker summary

# Total expenses: $30

$ expense-tracker delete --id 1

# Expense deleted successfully

$ expense-tracker summary

# Total expenses: $20

$ expense-tracker summary --month 8

# Total expenses for August: $20

```

## Implementation

You can implement the application using any programming language of your choice. Here are some suggestions:

- Use any programming language with a module for parsing command arguments (e.g., Python with `argparse`, Node.js with `commander`, etc.).

- Use a simple text file to store the expenses data. You can use JSON, CSV, or any other format to store the data.

- Add error handling to handle invalid inputs and edge cases (e.g., negative amounts, non-existent expense IDs, etc.).

- Use functions to modularize the code and make it easier to test and maintain.

This project is a great way to practice your logic-building skills and learn how to interact with the filesystem using a CLI application. It will also help you understand how to manage data and provide useful information to users in a structured way. Good luck!  :smile: