Duke project

This is a project named after the Java mascot Duke. Given below are instructions on how to use the interactive Duke bot.

User Guide

Setting up in Intellij

Prerequisites: JDK 11, update Intellij to the most recent version.

1. Open Intellij (if you are not in the welcome screen, click File > Close Project to close the existing project first)
2. Open the project into Intellij as follows:
   1. Click Open.
   2. Select the project directory, and click OK.
   3. If there are any further prompts, accept the defaults.
3. Configure the project to use JDK 11 (not other versions) as explained in here.
4. After that, locate the src/main/java/Launcher.java file, right-click it, and choose Run Launcher.main().
5. Refer to the Features below for details of each command.

Features

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

Adding a task:

Adding a ToDo task: todo

Adds a new ToDo task to the Duke’s tasklist.

Format: todo CONTENT

• The content field must be provided.

Examples:

• todo hello
• todo read book

Adding a Deadline task: deadline

Adds a new Deadline task to the Duke’s tasklist.

Format: deadline CONTENT /by DATE_AND_TIME

• The date and time must be in the format DD/MM/YYYY HH:MM
• Both fields must be provided.

Examples:

• deadline read book /by 12/12/2020 18:30
• deadline return book /by 10/10/2020 10:00

Adding an Event task: event

Adds a new Event task to the Duke’s tasklist.

Format: event CONTENT /at DATE_AND_TIME

• The date and time must be in the format DD/MM/YYYY HH:MM
• Both fields must be provided.

Examples:

• event go for meeting /at 12/10/2020 18:00
• event meet groupmates /at 10/10/2020 10:30

Listing all tasks: list

Shows a list of all tasks in the Duke’s tasklist.

Format: list

Marking a task as done: done

Marks an existing task in the Duke’s tasklist as done.

Format: done INDEX

• Updates the task status to done for the task at the specified INDEX
• The index refers to the index number shown in the displayed tasklist.
• The index must be a positive integer.

Examples:

• list followed by done 3 marks the 3rd task in the tasklist as done.

Deleting a task: delete

Deletes an existing task from the Duke’s tasklist.

Format: delete INDEX

• Deletes the task at the specified INDEX
• The index refers to the index number shown in the displayed tasklist.
• The index must be a positive integer.

Examples:

• list followed by delete 1 deletes the 1st task in the tasklist.

Finding a task by content: find

Finds tasks with contents that contain the given keyword/s.

Format: find KEYWORD OR KEYWORDS

• The search is case-sensitive.
• Only the contents of the tasks are searched.
• The following tasks will be returned:
  1. content matching the keyword/s
  2. the keyword/s form a part of the content

Examples:

• find read returns both task with content read book and task with content read from the tasklist.

Editing a task: edit

Editing a task’s content: edit_content

Edits an existing task’s content in the Duke’s tasklist.

Format: edit INDEX content NEW_CONTENT

• Edits the content of the task at the specified INDEX
• The index refers to the index number shown in the displayed tasklist.
• The index must be a positive integer.
• Existing content will be updated to NEW_CONTENT.
• All fields must be provided.

Examples:

• edit 1 content read new book edits the content of the 1st task in the tasklist to read new book.

Editing a task’s date and time: edit_datetime

Edits an existing task’s date and time in the Duke’s tasklist.

Format: edit INDEX datetime NEW_DATETIME

• Edit the date and time of the task at the specified INDEX
• The index refers to the index number shown in the displayed tasklist.
• The index must be a positive integer.
• The date and time must be in the format DD/MM/YYYY HH:MM
• Existing date and time will be updated to NEW_DATETIME.
• All fields must be provided.

Examples:

• edit 2 datetime 12/12/2020 18:30 edits the date and time of the 2nd task in the tasklist to 12/12/2020 18:30.

Exiting the program: bye

Saves the tasklist’s changes to the file at relative filepath /data/duke.txt.

Format: bye

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