FRIDAY

This is a project built off of the Duke project template for a greenfield Java project. It's named FRIDAY, after the artifical intelligence in Iron Man. Given below are instructions on how to use it.

FRIDAY Overview

“The best way to predict the future is to invent it.” – Alan Kay

FRIDAY is a comprehensive task management tool designed to streamline your productivity. It’s:

• Text-based and easy to use
• Highly customizable to fit your needs
• FAST — saves you time 🏃‍♂️
• User-friendly interface

Key Features

1. • Task Management: Organize and track your tasks efficiently.
2. • Deadlines Management: Set and manage deadlines (coming soon).
3. • Reminders: Never miss an important task (coming soon).

To get started:

• Download it from here.
• Navigate to the folder that contains the jar file and run it with java -jar FRIDAY.jar.

Setting up in Intellij

Prerequisites: JDK 17, 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 17 (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/FRIDAY.java file, right-click it, and choose Run FRIDAY.main() (if the code editor is showing compile errors, try restarting the IDE).

Sample Code

Here’s a snippet of the main method for Java programmers:

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Application.launch(MainApp.class, args);
    }
}