💵 Expense Tracker

Overview

Expense Tracker is a web application designed to help users manage their personal finances by tracking income and expenses. This project utilizes ASP.NET Core MVC framework and follows best practices for maintainability and scalability.

Features

• User Authentication: Secure user login and registration.
• Income & Expense Tracking: Add, edit, delete, and view income and expense transactions.
• Categorization: Categorize transactions for better organization.
• Dashboard: Visual representation of income and expense data.
• Reports: Generate financial reports based on user data.

Installation

To run this project locally, follow these steps:

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/KaziNizamul/Expense-Tracker.git

2. Navigate to the project directory:

cd Expense-Tracker

3. Install the necessary packages:

dotnet restore

4. Update the database connection string in appsettings.json:

"ConnectionStrings": {
  "DevConnection": "Server=db5479.databaseasp.net; Database=db5479; User Id=db5479; Password=2k@MC7a=-xG6; Encrypt=False; MultipleActiveResultSets=True;"
}

5. Apply the migrations to create the database:

dotnet ef database update

6. Run the application:

dotnet run

Project Structure

The project is structured as follows:

• Controllers: Contains the controllers that handle HTTP requests and responses.

  • HomeController.cs: Manages the homepage and general views.
  • AccountController.cs: Handles user authentication.
  • TransactionController.cs: Manages CRUD operations for transactions.

• Models: Contains the data models used in the application.

  • ApplicationUser.cs: Represents a user in the application.
  • Transaction.cs: Represents a financial transaction.

• Views: Contains the Razor views for rendering the user interface.

  • Home: Views related to the homepage.
  • Account: Views for user authentication.
  • Transaction: Views for managing transactions.

• Data: Contains the database context and migrations.

  • ApplicationDbContext.cs: The database context for Entity Framework Core.
  • Migrations: Contains the database migrations.

• wwwroot: Contains static files such as CSS, JavaScript, and images.