fingolfin7 / time-tracker

A simple time tracking program I made to track my study time

Time-Tracker

A simple time tracking program I made to track my study time using the <chrono> library

Getting Started

Visual Studio 2019 is recommended,

Start by cloning the repository or downloading the zip file.

Once downloaded, open folder and run the GenerateProject.bat file, which will be inside the "Generate Project" folder. This will run the "premake5.lua" and create a Visual Studio 2019 solution.

Alternatively, you can enter this command on the command prompt within the folder -> premake5.exe vs2019 You can generate solutions for vs2019, vs2017, vs2010 etc.

How to use it

Included is a .txt file called Saves.txt this contains a list of all the activities you want to keep track of. Just add the activities you want to keep a track of to the file. Each activity should be on a new line. For example:

Chess: 0

Programming: 0

Chess Engine: 0

Home Screen

Once you compile and run the program you will be greated with the options to:

1. Create a New Session,

2. Show Totals,

3. Edit Subjects,

4. Change Settings and,

5. Exit.

A bell sound (loaded from the clock-chimes-daniel_simon.wav file) will ring every 30 minutes.

Press Enter during a new session to stop the counter and save the time total.

Time totals are saved in the same Saves.txt file

Totals Page

Shows a pie char or bar graph of your activities and the total hours from the "show totals" page:

Bar Graph

The chart is created with the Bar Graph.py python script

Pie Chart

The pie chart is created with the Pie Chart.py python script

Contribute to the project

Take a look, run the code, and contribute if you'd like!