By: Lua Jia Zheng Since: Feb 2020 Licence: MIT

Introduction

Jay-z’s task manager serves as a personal chatbot assistant to help individuals manage and record their daily tasks in a readily available format. For those who prefer to work with a Command Line Interface (CLI) on top of a beautiful Graphical User Interface (GUI), this application will be perfect for you!

Quick Start

1. Ensure you have Java 11 or above installed in your Computer.

2. Download the latest v0.2.jar here.

3. Double-click the file to start the app. The GUI should appear in a few seconds.

   

4. Type the command in the command box and press Enter to execute it.
   e.g. typing i and pressing Enter will open the instruction window.

5. Some example commands you can try:

   • list : Shows a list of task in your TaskList.

   • bye : exits the app

6. Refer to Features for details of each command.

Features

Viewing instructions : i

Shows the list of instructions/help. Format: i

Adding a Todo task: todo

Adds a todo task into the sorted task list.
Format: todo title
Examples:
todo return books todo get cap 5 Expected output:
[T][X] return books [T][X] get cap 5

Adding a Deadline task: deadline

Adds a deadline task into the sorted task list.
Format: deadline title /by date
Examples:
deadline return books /by sunday deadline CS2103 /by 2019-10-15 Expected output:
[D][X] return books (by: sunder) [D][X] get cap 5 (by: Oct 15 2019)

Adding a Event task: event

Adds a event task into the sorted task list.
Format: event title /at date
Examples:
event return books /at date event career fair /at 2019-10-15 Expected Output:
[E][X] return books (at: date) [E][X] career fair (at: Oct 15 2019)

Mark event as done: done

Mark event as done.
Format: done index

Listing the conetent of current directory : list

Shows a list of task in the current Task List.
Format: list

Locating persons by name: find

Finds task whose title contain any of the given keywords.
Format: find KEYWORD

Example: find abc
Display a list of task named abcdef and abc.

Deleting a person : delete

Deletes the specified task from the task list.
Format: delete INDEX

• Deletes the task at the specified INDEX.

• The index refers to the index number shown in the displayed person list.

• The index must be a positive integer 1, 2, 3, …​

Examples:

• list
delete 2
  Deletes the 2nd task in the TaskList.

Exiting the program : bye

Exits the program.
Format: bye

Saving the data

Task list data are saved in the hard disk automatically after any command that changes the data.
There is no need to save manually.

Command Summary

• todo todo title

• deadline : deadline title /by date

• event : event title /at location time

• Find : find KEYWORD

• List : list

• Instruction : i