Inspiration
Tracking spending has always been on people's minds to make sure that they are on track for saving for college, or their upcoming vacation. My goal was to make something that is simple, and can track people's expenditures.
What it does
The Budget Buddy program takes input from the user about their income and expenses, then uses the information to display their incoming and outgoing money, as well as a summary in the GUI.
How I built it
This program was built using a mixture of pre-existing python knowledge, python documentation, and tutorials. After the idea was finalized, a rough sketch of the GUI was made. The basic GUI was made first, then the logic behind it followed. After all the logic was finalized, the GUI was tweaked.
Challenges I ran into
I had originally planned to make this project a .exe file, however, I could not get the PyInstaller to work in the cmd. Also when running the code I had to figure out how to stop functions from running at the beginning of the program instead of then I wanted them to.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
Although it is a fairly simple project, I am proud of myself for completing it in the time frame I had.
What I learned
I think the biggest thing I learned was the pre-planning, which made the coding itself go much smoother.
What's next for Budget Buddy
It has many mobile applications and may be transferred into an app with a more snazzy design to attract users around the globe.
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