A to-do list application that helps users keep track of and maintain daily tasks and habits.
This program was made as a project for Colgate University's Spring 2023 User Interfaces course. The program maintains a list of tasks that the user can add to and change. The tasks are meant to be habits the user wants to consistently complete every day. Thus, there is no visible deadline for each task and the user should aim to complete all their tasks by the end of the day. The table on the left of the application contains a list of tasks that the user wants to complete by the end of the day. New tasks can be added to the table with the text field under the table. The user can use the checkbox on the table rows to mark tasks as completed. The X button on each row allows the user to delete tasks. The progress bar above the calendar and to-do list denotes the percentage of tasks the user has completed in a day; when all tasks are completed, the bar is full. The text field above the calendar denotes the current date the user is on. When the application is started, this text field is automatically set to the current date on the user's system time. When the user is finished with their day, they can press the "End the Current Day" button to move onto the next day, which would carry over all tasks the user had on their to-do list on the previous day and set them to being incomplete. Moving onto a new day also saves the user's tasks and their completion status of the previous day; the user can see this information by navigating to the previous day on the calendar. When the calendar is on a day prior to the current date denoted above the calendar, the user can only view the to-do list; they cannot add new tasks or interact with the to-do list as shown in the image below.
A desired feature of the application is to color-code date squares on the calendar to denote how much of their tasks the user completed on that date. This feature is intended to help the user keep track of how consistently they are sticking to their daily habits. As of the March 30th version of this application, this feature is only hard-coded into the application as a demonstration/proof-of-concept.
The comments in the application's code are made to help more easily navigate its different components using the Comment Anchors extension by Starlane Studios for VSCode.
- JavaFX Environment libraries - the program uses JavaFX 19.0.2.1.
- Java 19 JDK
- Install Java JDK
- Install JavaFX; retain the directory in which JavaFX is installed
- Optional for Windows: Set up a system environment variable to compile the applications, along with other JavaFX-based programs, more easily.
- Options -> Systems -> Advanced System Settings -> Environment Variables -> New (System Variables)
- Variable name can be anything, such as JAVA_FX
- Variable value should be:
--module-path "(full directory of your JavaFX libraries)" --add-modules=ALL-MODULE-PATH - Test whether the environment variable is properly set up with Command Prompt using the command:
echo %(your variable name)%
- Make sure your JavaFX and Java JDKs are properly set up by compiling sample Java/JavaFX files; instructions for file compilation are included later.
- Unzip the application into any desired folder - the application will generate .class files as it is compiled.
- With no environment variables:
- Use any command line interface (CLI), such as Powershell, to navigate to the folder holding the application.
- Use the following command to compile all files in the application directory:
javac --module-path "(full directory of your JavaFX libraries)" --add-modules=ALL-MODULE-PATH DailyHabitTracker.java
If no errors are found during compilation, use the following command to run the application:
java --module-path "(full directory of your JavaFX libraries)" --add-modules=ALL-MODULE-PATH DailyHabitTracker
- With environment variables:
- Use Command Prompt to navigate to the folder holding the application.
- Use the following command to compile all files in the application directory:
javac %(your variable name)% *.java
If no errors are found during compilation, use the following command to run the application:
java %(your variable name)% DailyHabitTracker
- Application window cannot be resized.
- When selecting color-coded date squares, their color does not change.
- Task data is not saved when the user closes the application.
- Minh Tao - [email protected]
This application uses code snippets and ideas from the official Oracle documentation for JavaFX and other JavaFX users on StackOverflow.