Task Tracker

# Task Tracker

Task Tracker is a simple command line interface (CLI) application to track and manage your tasks. This project helps you practice your programming skills, including working with the filesystem, handling user inputs, and building a simple CLI application.

## Features

- Add, update, and delete tasks
- Mark tasks as in progress or done
- List all tasks
- List tasks by status (done, todo, in-progress)

## Requirements

- Java 8 or higher
- Gson library

## Installation

1. **Clone the repository:**

   ```sh
   git clone https://github.com/lakshay1341/Task-Tracker.git
   cd Task-Tracker

2. Download the Gson library:

   Download the Gson library from here and place the JAR file in your project directory.

3. Compile the Java files:

   javac -cp .:gson-2.8.6.jar *.java

Usage

Run the application in interactive mode:

java -cp .:gson-2.8.6.jar TaskCLI

Commands

• Add a new task:

  add "Buy groceries"

• Update a task:

  update 1 "Buy groceries and cook dinner"

• Delete a task:

  delete 1

• Mark a task as in progress:

  mark-in-progress 1

• Mark a task as done:

  mark-done 1

• List all tasks:

  list

• List tasks by status:

  list done
  list todo
  list in-progress

Example

> add "Buy groceries"
Task added successfully (ID: 1)
> list
Task{id=1, description='Buy groceries', status='todo', createdAt=2024-09-16T20:12:01, updatedAt=2024-09-16T20:12:01}
> mark-in-progress 1
Task marked as in-progress (ID: 1)
> list in-progress
Task{id=1, description='Buy groceries', status='in-progress', createdAt=2024-09-16T20:12:01, updatedAt=2024-09-16T20:12:01}
> exit
Exiting Task Tracker CLI.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please open an issue or submit a pull request for any improvements or bug fixes.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.

Acknowledgements

• https://roadmap.sh/projects/task-tracker
• Gson for JSON parsing
• Java for providing a robust programming language

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