syfluqs / xpenz

xpenz Money Manager (for Hackathon prelims)

#xpenz Money Manager

by Team Black Hats

• Anshuman Chandel
• Subham Roy
• Avi Dubey

##ABOUT

xpenz can keep track of transactions, display them according to categories or date constraints. There is an option for setting your monthly budget and remind you when you reach a certain amount of funds.

##PREREQUISITES

• For Windows Users

  Make sure you have Oracle jre7 or jdk7 installed on your system. xpenz is made in java version 1.7.0_71.

• For Linux Users

  Install openjdk7 or openjre7, or you can head to

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk7-downloads-1880260.html

and grab a suitable .tar.gz file for your OS.

• For MacOSX users

  Head to the following web page for instructions

http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/webnotes/install/mac/mac-jre.html

##STARTING

• Windows Users

  Just double click on the xpenz.jar file

• Linux and Mac users

  Open a terminal emulator and cd to the directory containing xpenz.jar. Then run

  java -jar "xpenz.jar"

##STEP BY STEP EXPLANATION

Ok, so lets go step by step

• Runing the xpenz.jar file

• Select a profile and the main window will open

• OK, so lets make a new transaction

• As you can see, the transaction gets reflected on the main window

• Do not forget to click Save on the toolbar

• Lets, export all this to CSV format, which can be read by MS Excel or Libre Office. Click on File > Export to CSV

• Opening the CSV file in Libre Office...remember, patience is a virtue...

• ...and... voila!