Hackountant

Idea

• Create a financial application inclusive of budgeting, investing, and accounting functionalities
• Users can keep track of monthly expenses, income, and inform them of the best course of action with their money

Technology

• Utilize Java Swing w/ IntelliJ for the implementation

Getting Started

• Users can create an account with an initial balance
• Users can set their biweekly paycheque or manually enter it every 2 weeks

Main Screen

• Options to navigate to budgeting, investing, learning, or editing paycheque amount sections

Budgeting Screen

• Select a fixed income value or manually enter it
• Subscreens for entering bills, inputting receipt information, and viewing expense history
• Track if the user is saving money or spending more than earning
• Allows the user to save or reset their expense history
• Shows the user to see their net earnings as well as their balance/savings

Investing

• Choose from a selection of companies listed on NASDAQ (Google, Microsoft, Tesla, Costco, or Nvidia)
• Allows the user to use their balance to purchase shares based on real-time prices

Learning

• Access case studies and educational materials
• Quizzes to test the users' learning and understanding of finances

Built With

• java
• javaswing