Duke - User Guide

A simple chatbot that helps to manage todos, events, and deadlines.

Prerequisite

  1. Make sure you have at least Java 11 installed on your computer.
  2. download the latest version of Duke.jar found here.

Features

Duke allows you to type commands to tell it what to do. Duke comes with a variety of features to help you manage your tasks.

Manage Tasks Duke allows you to:

  1. add a task
  2. delete a task
  3. mark a task as done
  4. display tasks

Clasify Tasks Duke can clasify tasks to different types:

  1. Todo
  2. Event
  3. Deadline

Usage

Here are the commands available to Duke:

Basic Features

help - Displays help

displays the help text.

Example of usage: help

Expected Outcome: A textbox containing a list of commands that can be used by duke, as well as their respective outcomes.

list - Displays current list

displays All lists currently saved.

Example of usage: list

Expected Outcome: A list containing all tasks stored currently stored.

bye - Closes the program.

Closes the program.

Example of usage: bye

Expected Outcome: The program will close.

Adding Tasks

todo [task name] - Adds a todo task

adds a todo task to the list with the given task name.

Example of usage: todo borrow book from library

Expected Outcome: Duke will respond with a new todo task with the given name.

deadline [task name] /by [date] - adds a deadline task

adds a deadline task to the list with the given task name and date. The date must follow format dd/MM/YYYY HH:mm

Example of usage: deadline update duke /by 12/12/2019 23:59

Expected Outcome: Duke will respond with a new deadline task with the given name and date.

event [task name] /at [date] - adds an event task

adds an event task to the list with the given task name and date. The date must follow format dd/MM/YYYY HH:mm

Example of usage: event Lecture /at 20/09/2019 16:00

Expected Outcome: Duke will respond with a new event task with the given name and date.

Manipulating tasks

done [task number] - Completes a task

Marks the tasks with the given task number as completed.

Example of usage: done 1

Expected Outcome: A message stating that the given task number has been succesfully marked as complete.

remove [task number] - Removes a task

removes the tasks with the given task number from the list

Example of usage: remove 1

Expected Outcome: A message stating that the given task number has been succesfully removed from the list.