Snow

Snow is your personal reminder bot. Snow helps you to add task to your task list, delete and update. Given below are instructions on how to use it.

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.
   In the same dialog, set the Project language level field to the SDK default option.
4. After that, locate the src/main/java/Duke.java file, right-click it, and choose Run Duke.main() (if the code editor is showing compile errors, try restarting the IDE). If the setup is correct, you should see something like the below as the output

Features

Listing all tasks : list

Shows a list of all tasks.

Format: list

Adding a new task : todo, deadline, event

Adds a task to do into the task list.

1. Todo

   Format: todo TASK

   Examples:

   todo homework

   todo cooking

2. Deadline

   Format: deadline TASK /by 2023-09-16

   Examples:

   deadline homework /by 2023-10-01

   deadline meeting /by 2023-09-26

3. Event

   Format: 'event TASK /from TIME /to TIME'

   Examples: 'event pilates /from 2pm /to 3pm' 'event birthday party /from 7pm /to 8pm'

Marking a task as done : mark

Marks a task with X at a specified index.

Format: mark INDEX

Unmarking a task : 'unmark'

Unmarks an existing task by removing the X at a specified index.

Format: unmark INDEX

Deleting a task : delete

Deletes an existing task at the specified index.

Format: delete INDEX

Updating an existing task : update

Updates an existing task at a specified index.

Format: update INDEX [task fields to update] following the format for creating the task

For example,

• to update a Todo task: update 1 knitting
• to update a Deadline task: update 2 baking /by 2023-12-11
• to update an Event task: update 1 meeting /from 10am /to 12pm

Exiting the program : bye

Exits the chatbot.

Format: bye

Saving the data

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

Editing the data file

Snow chatbot data are saved as a JSON file [JAR file location]/data/addressbook.json. Advanced users are welcome to update data directly by editing that data file.