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Expense Tracker
Project Summary
The expense tracker application, called Expense Tracker, was inspired by my need of a better budgeting tool. Utilizing the 50/30/20 budgeting rule, the application divides bi-weekly pay checks into Savings Contributions and Debit Repayment for 50%, Fixed Expenses for 30%, and all other wants or transaction for 20%. The application also enables users to track recurring expenses and financial goals.
What I’ve Learned
The expense tracker project was my first real dive into creating a financial application and using Xata.io. The goal was to create a simple application to help me keep track of expenses using the 50/30/20 budgeting rule to manage my financial goals. Even though the project is still a work in progress, I have learned so far how to implement a Xata database and work with Next.js API routes to GET and POST data. This project has also improved my understanding of Material UI and TypeScript.
Important Links
The following are links to articles and videos that helped me build this project:
How to use the redirect function in Next.js to redirect a user to another URL. = Link
List of HTTP response status codes and what they mean. = Link
How to use Next.js API Route Handlers. = Link
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