A comprehensive web application for calculating and visualizing your investment growth over time. The Investment Calculator allows you to make data-driven financial decisions by projecting your investment returns and seeing the potential outcomes.
View a live demo of the Investment Calculator here.
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Investment Growth Projection: Calculate investment growth and returns based on user inputs, including initial savings, yearly contributions, expected interest rate, and investment duration.
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Visualize Investment Data: See a year-by-year breakdown of your investments, including total savings, interest gained, total interest earned, and invested capital.
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Add Multiple Investments: Compare results from different investments side by side. You can add multiple investments to see how various scenarios may impact your financial future.
- Reactjs
- Css
- Linters
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Clone the repository to your local machine:
git clone https://github.com/your-username/investment-calculator.git
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Install the project dependencies:
npm install
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Start the development server:
npm start The application should be accessible at `http://localhost:3000.`
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Open the Investment Calculator application in your web browser.
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Input your investment data, including current savings, yearly contributions, expected interest rate, and investment duration.
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Click the "Calculate" button to see the year-by-year projection of your investments.
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To compare multiple investments, use the "Add Investment" button and enter data for each scenario.
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Use the "Reset" button to clear the input fields.
Contributions to the Investment Calculator are welcome! If you'd like to contribute, please follow these steps:
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Fork the repository and create a new branch from the main branch.
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Make your changes and ensure that the codebase follows project guidelines.
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Test your changes to ensure they work as expected.
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Submit a pull request, including a detailed description of your changes and testing results.
The Investment Calculator is open-source and available under the MIT License. You are free to use, modify, and distribute the code.
In future updates, we plan to introduce the following features:
- Testing: Unit testing Jest
- User Accounts: Allowing users to save and revisit their investment scenarios.
- Graphical Visualization: Graphs and charts for a more intuitive representation of investment data.
- Customizable Investments: The ability to tailor investments with more options, such as variable yearly contributions and different compounding frequencies.
We encourage contributions and feedback to help make the Investment Calculator even better!
Thank you for using the Investment Calculator. Happy investing!