Expense Manager

A web-based Expense Manager built using Django. This application allows users to manage their expenses efficiently with features like adding, updating, deleting expenses, and visualizing their expense summaries through dynamic charts and graphs using Chart.js.

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🚀 Features

🔑 User Authentication

• Secure user registration and login.
• Each user has their own isolated expense data.

📝 Expense Management

• Add Expenses: Record your daily expenses.
• Update Expenses: Modify existing expense records.
• Delete Expenses: Remove incorrect or unwanted expense entries.

📊 Expense Summary & Visualization

• Dynamic visual summaries of expenses using Chart.js:
  • Pie Charts
  • Donut Charts
  • Bar Graphs
• Filter expenses by categories or date ranges for deeper insights.

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🛠️ Technologies Used

• Backend: Django
• Frontend: HTML, CSS, JavaScript
• Charts: Chart.js
• Database: SQLite (default Django database)
• Authentication: Django's built-in authentication system

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📦 Installation

Prerequisites

• Python 3.8+ installed on your system
• Virtualenv (optional but recommended)

Steps

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/rebin03/expense-manager.git
   cd expense-manager

2. Create a virtual environment and activate it:

   python -m venv env
   source env\Scripts\activate   # On Mac: env/bin/activate 

3. Install the required dependencies:

   pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Apply migrations:

   python manage.py makemigrations
   python manage.py migrate

5. Start the development server:

   python manage.py runserver

Access the application: Open http://127.0.0.1:8000 in your browser.

🖼️ Screenshots

Register

Login

Dashboard

Add expense

Expense summary