Duke User Guide

Content Page

  1. Introduction

  2. Features

    2.1. Add Tasks

    • 2.1.1 Add Todo Task

    • 2.1.2 Add Deadline Task

    • 2.1.3 Add Event Task

    2.2. Mark Tasks As Done

    2.3. Delete Tasks

    2.4. List Tasks

    2.5. Find Tasks

    2.6. Save and Load

  3. Command Summary

1. Introduction:

Duke is a software to help people manage their daily tasks.

And it is optimized for users who want to type fast with CLI.

2. Features:

Command Format

Words in UPPER_CASE are the parameters to be supplied by the user.

For example:

in ​todo TASK_NAME, TASK_NAME is the parameter of a specific todo task’s name which can be used as todo buy a book.

2.1 Add Tasks:

2.1.1 Add Todo Task

Add todo task into task list

Format:​ todo TASK_NAME

2.1.2 Add Deadline Task

Add deadline task into task list

Format:​ deadline TASK_NAME /by TIME

Noted: If the users input a time in the format of yyyy-mm-dd, Duke can recognize the input time string as a real time.

2.1.3 Add Event Task

Add event task into task list

Format:​ event TASK_NAME /at TIME

Noted: If the users input a time in the format of yyyy-mm-dd, Duke can recognize the input time string as a real time.

2.2 Mark Tasks As Done

Users can mark a task as done with the index of a task when they finish it.

Format: ​done TASK_INDEX

2.3 Delete Tasks

Users can delete a task as done with the index of a task when they finish it.

Format: ​delete TASK_INDEX

2.4 List Tasks

Users can list all the tasks in the task list when they need to look through it.

Format: ​list

2.5 Find Tasks

Users can find all the tasks which contains a certain keyword (Case sensitive).

Format: ​find KEYWORD

2.6 Save and Load

This software can save and load the recorded data automatically.

3. Command Summary:

Todo

Command:

todo TASK_NAME

Example:​

todo buy a book

Expected outcome:

    ____________________________________________________________
	Got it. I've added this task:
	[T] [✘] buy a book
	Now you have 1 task(s) in the list
    ____________________________________________________________

Please enter your command or enter "bye" to exit:

Deadline

Command:

deadline TASK_NAME /by TIME

Example:​

deadline finish iP /by next weekend

Expected outcome:

    ____________________________________________________________
	Got it. I've added this task:
	[D] [✘] finish iP (by: next weekend)
	Now you have 2 task(s) in the list
    ____________________________________________________________

Please enter your command or enter "bye" to exit:

Example:​

deadline finish iP /by 2020-03-02

Expected outcome:

    ____________________________________________________________
	Got it. I've added this task:
	[D] [✘] finish iP (by: Mar 2 2020)
	Now you have 3 task(s) in the list
    ____________________________________________________________

Please enter your command or enter "bye" to exit:

Event

Command:

event TASK_NAME /at TIME

Example:​

event watch a moive /at tomorrow

Expected outcome:

    ____________________________________________________________
	Got it. I've added this task:
	[E] [✘] watch a moive (at: tomorrow)
	Now you have 4 task(s) in the list
    ____________________________________________________________

Please enter your command or enter "bye" to exit:

Example:​

event watch two moives /at 2020-02-21

Expected outcome:

    ____________________________________________________________
	Got it. I've added this task:
	[E] [✘] watch two moives (at: Feb 21 2020)
	Now you have 5 task(s) in the list
    ____________________________________________________________

Please enter your command or enter "bye" to exit:

Done

Command:

done TASK_INDEX

Example:​

done 2

Expected outcome:

    ____________________________________________________________
	Got it. I've marked this task:
	[D] [✓] finish iP (by: next weekend)
    ____________________________________________________________

Please enter your command or enter "bye" to exit:

Delete

Command:

delete TASK_INDEX

Example:​

delete 2

Expected outcome:

    ____________________________________________________________
	Got it. I've remove this task:
	[D] [✓] finish iP (by: next weekend)
	Now you have 4 task(s) in the list
    ____________________________________________________________

Please enter your command or enter "bye" to exit:

List

Command:

list

Expected outcome:

    ____________________________________________________________
	Here are the matching tasks in your list:
	1.[T] [✘] buy a book
	2.[D] [✘] finish iP (by: Mar 2 2020)
	3.[E] [✘] watch a moive (at: tomorrow)
	4.[E] [✘] watch two moives (at: Feb 21 2020)
    ____________________________________________________________

Please enter your command or enter "bye" to exit:

Find

Command:

find KEYWORD

Example:​

find iP

Expected outcome:

    ____________________________________________________________
	Here are the matching tasks in your list:
	1.[D] [✘] finish iP (by: Mar 2 2020)
    ____________________________________________________________

Please enter your command or enter "bye" to exit: