Building an expense tracking application from scratch

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Introduction

Managing personal finances effectively is crucial in today’s fast-paced world. To address this need, I embarked on creating an expense-tracking application that combines the power of Spring Boot and ReactJS. This application not only helps track your spending but also provides beautiful insights into your expenditure through intuitive visuals and analytics.

Why Build an Expense Tracker?

Personal finance management is a universal challenge.
Existing tools often lack a user-friendly interface or meaningful insights.
Building from scratch provides an opportunity to learn and customize solutions to real-world problems.

Key Features

Expense Logging:
- Add and categorize expenses quickly.
- Attach notes for context.
Visual Insights:
- Interactive charts and graphs for spending trends.
- Monthly, weekly, and daily expenditure breakdowns.
Analytics Dashboard:
- Highlight recurring expenses.
- Identify saving opportunities.
Customizable Categories:
- Tailor categories to fit unique financial needs.

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