Expense Tracker CLI with CSV Import/Export

Project roadmap

1. 01

   Model the Expense record

   ~1h

   Define an Expense class/record with amount, category, date, and note fields.

2. 02

   Build the console menu loop

   ~1.5h

   Create a text menu for adding, listing, and summarizing expenses in a loop until the user exits.

3. 03

   Implement CSV persistence

   ~2h

   Write and read expense lists to/from a CSV file on startup and after each change.

4. 04

   Add LINQ-based summary reports

   ~1.5h

   Use LINQ GroupBy to produce totals per category and per month.

5. 05

   Add input validation

   ~1h

   Validate amount and date parsing, re-prompting on invalid input with clear error messages.

Resources

• DocsC# Documentation