Welcome to task-cli!

"task-cli" is a simple tasks/to-do list command line app that aims for simplicity and minimalistic for those who loves using terminal at a daily basis

Why I make this

Inspired by this post on the r/linux sub on Reddit. I wanted to create the same thing using .NET Core 6. This project also act as a self-learning material for myself

Installation

Please make sure that you have the .NET 6 Runtime installed on your machine before running the app.

The provided package are ready to use when downloaded. Just download the release, extract it to somewhere, and call the terminal on the extracted folder, and the app is ready to use!

Usage

# Create a task
task add "task_name"
task a "task_name"

# Mark a task as done
task markdone "task_number" true
task md "task_number" true

# Mark a task as undone
task markdone "task_number" false
task md "task_number" false

# Delete a task
task delete "task_number"
task del "task_number"

# List undone tasks
task list -u
task ls -u

# Search a task
task search "keyword"

Development setup

• Have either VS Code with the C# support installed or Visual Studio with .Net Desktop Development workload installed.
• .NET 6.0 SDK if using VS Code
• Clone this repository
• Open the cloned repository in VS Code or Visual Studio
• (Skip this if you are using Visual Studio) Run the command dotnet restore in terminal to install all dependency used in this project
• Run the project

Features currently in the work

• A command to clear all saved tasks
• Have the task list persistent on each command launch
• A command to search a task by keyword
• On marking task, display the affected task with updated change
• Clear the terminal each time list is called
• An optional option in the list command to show unfinished(undone) tasks
• Have a friendlier Error Message in possible places (currently using the default Exception message on some area).
• Add a current date and time display when list is invoked.
• Add a simple configuration command for weather displaying when list is invoked
• Add a current weather display when list is invoked.
• Refactoring

NuGet Package used in the project

Spectre Console