Teacher’s Pet is a desktop application for managing contacts of students and classes, optimised for use via a Command Line Interface (CLI) while still having the benefits of a Graphical User Interface (GUI). If you can type fast, Teacher’s Pet can get your contact and class management tasks done faster than traditional GUI apps.

Teacher’s Pet allows you to manage your schedule and keep track of your students. The app stores basic information about your students, such as Name, Contact Number, Class Date and more.

Before you get started, you may want to read how to get started with this User Guide! To get started with using our application, jump straight to the Quick Start section. For a full list of commands and detailed instructions, head to the Features section.

Table of contents

Quick start

  1. Ensure you have Java 11 or above installed in your Computer.
  2. Download the latest teachersPet.jar from here.
  3. Copy the file to the folder you want to use as the home folder for your application.
  4. Double-click the file to start the app. A GUI similar to the below should appear in a few seconds. Note how the app contains some sample data.

UI introduction

UI Overview

Partition

Our application is divided into 5 areas to maximise productivity, the specific uses are:

1) Command Input - The dialog box where all user interaction are held.

2) Command Result - A short answer whether the application has executed the command, or an error message if the application did not understand the command.

3) Student List - A window that will display the details of the student(s).

4) Statistics Window - A window that shows all the statistics of the tutor, such as the number of students and the money collected/owed.

5) Schedule List - A scroll window which shows the schedule for the day, sorted by time.

Basic Instructions:

  1. Type the command in the command box and press Enter to execute it. e.g., typing help and pressing Enter will open the help window. Some example commands you can try:
    • list: Lists all students.
    • add n/John Doe p/98765432 np/81239090 e/johnd@example.com a/John street, block 123, #01-01: Adds a student named John Doe to the student list.
    • delete 3: Deletes the 3rd student shown in the current list.
    • clear: Deletes all students.
    • exit: Exits the app.
  2. Refer to the Features below for details of each command.

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Reading the User Guide

Notes about the command format:

  • Words in UPPER_CASE are the parameters to be supplied by the user. e.g., in add n/NAME, NAME is a parameter which can be used as add n/John Doe.
  • Items in square brackets are optional. e.g., n/NAME [t/TAG] can be used as n/John Doe t/python or as n/John Doe.
  • Items with … after them can be used multiple times including zero times. e.g., If you see [t/TAG]…, you can choose not to provide a tag by not using the t/ prefix, provide one tag like t/python or provide multiple tags like t/javascript t/react etc.
  • Parameters with a prefix can be in any order. e.g., if the command specifies n/NAME p/CONTACT_NUMBER, p/CONTACT_NUMBER n/NAME is also acceptable.
  • If a parameter is expected only once in the command, but you specified it multiple times, only the last occurrence of the parameter will be taken. e.g., if you specify p/12341234 p/56785678, only p/56785678 will be taken.
  • Extraneous parameters for commands that do not take in parameters (such as help, list, exit and clear) will be ignored. e.g., if the command specifies help 123, it will be interpreted as help.
  • Commands that require the use of index from the Schedule List (right side) will be represented as INDEX-s, while index from the Student List (left side) will be represented as INDEX.

Callouts:

Do refer to the callouts icons below! They will be useful when you are reading this user guide.

Icon Definition
ℹ️ Indicates additional information that can help you to gain a better understanding. They are good to know but not crucial.
💡 Indicates tips and solutions for potential problems you may encounter.
❗ Indicates information that are important to know so as to minimise confusion.

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Features

Viewing help: help

Shows a message explaining how to access the help page.

Format: help

Help

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Adding a student: add

Adds a student to the Teacher’s Pet.

Student’s Name:
  • Student’s Name must not be empty.
  • Student’s Name must only contain alphanumeric characters.
ℹ Note: Multiple students may share the same name.
Student’s Contact Number:
  • Student’s Contact Number must not be empty.
  • Student’s Contact Number must only contain numerical digits between 0 and 9.
  • Student’s Contact Number must begin with 6, 8 or 9.
ℹ Note: Contact number must contain exactly 8 digits. Contact number must be unique.
Next of Kin’s Contact Number:
  • Next of Kin’s Contact Number must not be empty.
  • Next of Kin’s Contact Number must only contain numerical digits between 0 and 9.
  • Next of Kin’s Contact Number must begin with 6, 8 or 9.
ℹ Note: Next of Kin’s contact number must contain exactly 8 digits.
Address:
  • Address must not be empty.
  • Address may contain any kinds of character.
ℹ Note: Address cannot be empty. It must contain at least 1 character.
Email:
  • Email must not be empty.
  • Email should be in the format of local@domain, where:
    • Local address should only contain alphanumeric characters and these special characters +_.-.
    • Consecutive special characters are not supported.
    • The domain name must:
      1. End with a domain label at least 2 characters long.
      2. Have each domain label start and end with alphanumeric characters.
      3. Have each domain label consist of alphanumeric characters, separated only by hyphens, if any.
Tags:
  • Tags are optional.
  • A student can have any number of tags (including 0).
  • Tags must only contain alphanumeric characters.
  • Tags cannot be blank or contain spacings.
ℹ Note: One tag is limited to 40 characters long.

Format: add n/NAME p/CONTACT_NUMBER np/NEXT_OF_KIN_CONTACT_NUMBER e/EMAIL a/ADDRESS [t/TAG]…

Example:

  • add n/Ben Tan p/87201223 np/90125012 e/BenTan@gmail.com a/Avenue 712

Add Add

ℹ Note: Amount paid, Amount owed, Rates per Class, and Additional notes fields are to be updated via edit command.

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Editing student details: edit

Edits an existing student in the list.

  • Student’s Name - n/
  • Student’s Contact Number - p/
  • Next of Kin’s Contact Number - np/
  • Address - a/
  • Email - e/
  • Class Date - dt/
  • Amount Paid - paid/
  • Amount Owed - owed/
  • Rates per Class - rate/
  • Additional Notes - nt/
  • Tag - t/
❗ Caution: At least one of these fields must exist in order to make the edit command valid.

  1. Student’s Name (n/), Student’s Contact Number (p/), Next of Kin’s Contact Number (np/), Email (e/), Address (a/) and Tag (t/) follow the same convention as adding a student.

  2. Class Date (dt/):
    • Class date can be left empty.
    • Formats: dt/ must be followed by either one of the below options.
      1. yyyy-MM-dd 0000-2359
      2. Day-of-Week 0000-2359
    • End time must be after the start time.
    • If the Day-of-Week is today, executing edit INDEX dt/Day-of-Week 0000-2359 will set the date to today only if the start time of the class is later than the current time. Else, the date will be set to the specified Day-of-Week in the following week.
    • Examples: 2022-10-09 1100-1230, MON 1100-1230, Mon 1100-1230
    • Invalid inputs: 2022-10-9 1100-1230, 2022-10-09 1100-1000
    ℹ Note: If the end time is 12AM, it is referring to 12AM of the next day.
    ❗ Caution: If a chosen date is occupied by another student, a class conflict error will arise.
  3. Amount Paid (paid/):
    • Amount Paid stands for the amount that has been paid by the student.
    • Amount Paid can only be an integer.
    • Amount Paid must be non-negative.
  4. Amount Owed (owed/):
    • Amount Owed stands for the amount that has been owed by the student.
    • Amount Owed can only be an integer.
    • Amount Owed must be non-negative.
  5. Rates per Class (rate/):
    • Rates per Class stands for the amount of charge per Class for the student.
    • Rates per Class can only be an integer.
    • Rates per Class must be non-negative.
    ℹ Note: Amount Owed, Amount Paid, and Rates per Class must be between $0 and $2147483647. They are modified independent of each other.
  6. Additional Notes (nt/):
    • Additional Notes can be left empty.
    • Additional Notes can take in any types of character.
    • Use nt/ to set the additional notes.
    • Use nt-a/ to append the additional notes.
    ❗ Caution: Using both nt/ and nt-a/ in a single command will reset the content of Additional Notes to the content behind both nt/ and nt-a/ prefixes.

Format: edit INDEX [n/NAME] [p/CONTACT_NUMBER] [np/NEXT_OF_KIN_CONTACT_NUMBER] [e/EMAIL] [dt/CLASS_DATE] [a/ADDRESS] [paid/AMOUNT_PAID] [owed/AMOUNT_OWED] [rate/RATES_PER_CLASS] [nt/ADDITIONAL_NOTES] [nt-a/ADDITIONAL_NOTES_APPEND] [t/TAG]…

Examples:

  • edit 7 e/Ben2022@gmail.com

UiEdit UiEdit

  • edit 7 dt/2022-11-07 1200-1300

UiEdit UiEdit

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Marking a student: mark

Allows the user to mark a student as present for a class.

The application will increase the student’s owed amount by the rates per class. A cross will be displayed beside the student’s name indicating that the student has attended the class.

Format: mark INDEX-s

  • Marks the student as present at the specified INDEX-s.
  • The INDEX-s refers to the index number shown in the Schedule List (bottom right).
  • The INDEX-s must be a positive integer. e.g., 1, 2, 3, ....
💡 Tip: If you want to unmark a student, you may do so via the undo command.

Example:

UiMark UiMark

ℹ Note: Notice how the student’s name changed to red? This is because the student now owes money!

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Receiving money from a student: pay

Allows the user to indicate that a student has paid a certain amount of money.

The application will reduce the student’s owed amount by the amount paid.

Format: pay INDEX-s AMOUNT_PAID

  • Indicates that the student at a specified INDEX-s has paid.
  • The INDEX-s refers to the index number shown in the Schedule List (bottom right).
  • The INDEX-s must be a positive integer. e.g., 1, 2, 3, ....
  • The AMOUNT_PAID must be an integer and cannot be negative. e.g., 0, 1, 2, ....

Example:

  • pay 1 40 indicates that the 1st student in the Schedule List has paid $40.

UiPay UiPay

ℹ Note: The student cannot pay more than what he/she owes. There is also a maximum cap of $2147483647 for every payment.

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Viewing all students: list

Allows the user to view students and their information which includes:

  • Contact Number
  • Next of Kin’s Number
  • Address
  • Email
  • Class Date
  • Amount Paid
  • Amount Owed
  • Rates Per Class
  • Additional Notes
  • Tag

Format: list

UiUList UiUList

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Finding a student: find

Finds an existing student in the list. You can only find by one field at a time.

Fields supported in find:

  • Name n/
  • Email e/
  • Address a/
  • Student’s Contact Number p/
  • Next of Kin’s Contact number np/
  • Class Date dt/
  • Tag t/
❗ Caution: Only one type of prefix should be used in a find command at a time.

Find by Name:

Finds all students with names matching the keywords.

Format: find n/KEYWORD [MORE_KEYWORDS]

  • The search is case-insensitive. e.g., alex will match Alex.
  • The order of the keywords does not matter. e.g., Yeoh Alex will match Alex Yeoh.
  • Only full words will be matched e.g., Han will not match Hans.
  • Students matching at least one keyword will be returned. e.g., Hans Bo will return Hans Gruber, Bo Yang.

Example:

find n/Yeoh returns Alex Yeoh.

UiFindName UiFindName

Find by Email:

Finds all students with a particular email.

Format: find e/EMAIL

  • The search is case-insensitive. e.g., ghost@woods.com will match ghoSt@woOds.com.
  • Only one email can be searched at each time.
  • Full email must be used for corresponding student to be found e.g., ghost will not match ghost@woods.com.
❗ Caution: Do not include more than one email such as find e/jonsnow@winterfell.com ghost@woods.com.

Example:

find e/jonsnow@winterfell.com returns all students with email set as jonsnow@winterfell.com.

Find by Address:

Finds all students with addresses matching the keywords.

Format: find a/KEYWORD [MORE_KEYWORDS]

  • The search is case-insensitive. e.g., Labrador will match LABRADOR.
  • The order of the keywords does not matter. e.g., Bukit Timah will match Timah Bukit.
  • Students matching at least one keyword will be returned. e.g., Bukit Timah will return Bukit Batok, Timah Hill.
  • Partial words will be matched e.g., Labra will match Labrador.

Example:

find a/street returns Bukit Timah Street 3 and Labrador Street 27.

Find by Student’s Contact Number:

Finds student with the matching contact number.

Format: find p/CONTACT_NUMBER

  • Only full numbers will be matched e.g., 8123 will not match 81234567.
  • Only one contact number can be searched at each time.

Example:

find p/81234567 returns the student with the contact number set as 81234567.

Find by Next of Kin’s Contact Number:

Finds all students with a particular next of kin’s contact number.

Format: find np/NEXT_OF_KIN_CONTACT_NUMBER

  • Only full numbers will be matched e.g., 8123 will not match 81234567.
  • Only one contact number can be searched at each time.
❗ Caution: Do not include more than one contact number such as find np/91232323 81231232.

Example:

find np/91232323 returns all students with the next of kin’s contact number set as 91232323.

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Find by Class Date:

Finds all students with classes on a particular date.

Formats:

  1. find dt/yyyy-MM-dd
  2. find dt/Day-of-Week
  • Only the date is searched.
❗ Caution: Do not include class timing.

Examples:

  • find dt/2022-10-15 returns all students with classes on 15 October 2022.
  • find dt/Mon returns all students with classes on the coming monday.

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Find by Tag:

Finds all students with a particular tag.

Format: find t/TAG…

  • You can have more than one tag that can be searched at each time.
  • The tag is case-insensitive.

Examples:

  • find t/python returns all students who have a python tag, including students who have other tags on top of the python tag.
  • find t/javascript returns all students who have a javascript tag, including students who have other tags on top of javascript tag
  • find t/python t/javascript returns all students who have javascript and python tags, including students who have other tags on top of the two tags.

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Next available class

While there is no available command at the moment, you can find the next available class through a series of steps.

  1. Use find command, to find a specific day: find dt/2022-11-07 will find the students who have classes on 2022-11-07.
  2. Use sort command, to sort by class: sort class asc.
  3. View each class for the student under the Student List until you find the slot you want.

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Sort the displayed students: sort

Sorts the list of students in the Student List by the specified TYPE and ORDER.

Format: sort TYPE [ORDER]

  • TYPE must be followed by either one of the below options:
    • NAME
    • CLASS
    • OWED
  • ORDER, if present, must be followed by either one of the below options:
    • ASC
    • DESC
    • If it is left as blank, it will follow the default order based on the specified TYPE. The default order for NAME and CLASS is ASC while for OWED, the default order is DESC.
  • The parameters TYPE and ORDER are case-insensitive.
  • When two students are in a tie for the compared TYPE, they will be sorted according to their names in ascending order by default.

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Sort by Name

Sorts the list of students in the Student List by NAME and given ORDER.

If ORDER is left blank, it will be ASC by default.

Examples:

  • list followed by sort name will list all the students according to their names in ascending order.
  • list followed by sort name asc will list all the students according to their names in ascending order.
  • list followed by sort name desc will list all the students according to their names in descending order.

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Sort by Class Date

Sorts the list of students in the Student List by CLASS and given ORDER.

If ORDER is left blank, it will be ASC by default.

Examples:

  • list followed by sort class will list all the students according to their upcoming classes in ascending order.
  • list followed by sort class asc will list all the students according to their upcoming classes in ascending order.
  • list followed by sort class desc will list all the students according to their upcoming classes in descending order.

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Sort by Money Owed

Sorts the list of students in the Student List by OWED(Amount of Money Owed) and given ORDER.

If ORDER is left blank, it will be DESC by default.

Examples:

  • list followed by sort owed will list all the students according to how much money they owe in descending order.
  • list followed by sort owed asc will list all the students according to how much money they owe in ascending order.
  • list followed by sort owed desc will list all the students according to how much money they owe in descending order.

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Deleting student(s): delete

Deletes the specified student(s) from the Student List.

Format: delete INDEX [MORE_INDEXES]

  • Deletes the student(s) at the specified INDEX(ES).
  • The INDEX(ES) refers to the index numbers shown in the Student List.
  • The INDEX(ES) must be a positive integer within the size of the Student List.

Examples:

  • list followed by delete 1 2 deletes the 1st and 2nd student in the Student List.
  • find Betsy followed by delete 1 deletes the 1st student in the Student List.
💡 Tip: Deleting a student by mistake can be reversed by undo command!

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Clearing all student: clear

Clears all students and their details from the list.

Format: clear

💡 Tip: Clearing all students by mistake can be reversed by undo command!

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Undo the last command: undo

Undoes the last command executed by reverting any recent change in data within the Teacher’s Pet.

Format: undo

ℹ Note: Undo command will not change any visual display with the latest commands being display-related like find command. If you wish to remove the filter, the best way is to use list command.

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Exiting the program: exit

Exits the program.

Format: exit

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Saving the data

Teacher’s Pet data are saved in the hard disk automatically after any command that changes the data. There is no need to save manually.

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Editing the data file

Students’ data is saved as a JSON file [JAR file location]/data/teachersPet.json. Advanced users are welcome to edit the data file.

❗ Caution: If your changes to the data file makes its format invalid, Teacher’s Pet will not be able to load any data into the app. Do not worry that your data file will be discarded! To proceed, you will need to correct any changes you made in order to load the data. You may also delete the JSON file o have a new set of generated sample data.

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FAQ

Q: How do I transfer my data to another Computer?

A: Install the app in the other computer and overwrite the empty data file it creates with the file that contains the data of your previous Teacher’s Pet home folder.

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Glossary

Terms Definition
Class Date The 1-1 tutoring time slot of a student
Day-of-Week 3-letter Abbreviation; case-insensitive e.g., Mon, MON
INDEX The index number shown in the Student List
INDEX-s The index number shown in the Schedule List
Prefix e.g., n/, p/, np/
Parameter e.g., NAME, EMAIL, ADDRESS

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Command Summary

Action Format, Examples
Get help help
Add a student add n/NAME p/CONTACT_NUMBER np/NEXT_OF_KIN_CONTACT_NUMBER a/ADDRESS e/EMAIL [t/TAG]… e.g., add n/John Doe p/98765432 np/90123291 a/Street ABC e/johnd@example.com t/python t/beginner
Edit a student edit INDEX [n/NAME] [p/CONTACT_NUMBER] [np/NEXT_OF_KIN_CONTACT_NUMBER] [a/ADDRESS] [e/EMAIL] [dt/CLASS_DATE] [paid/AMOUNT_PAID] [owed/AMOUNT_OWED] [rate/RATES_PER_CLASS] [nt/ADDITIONAL_NOTES] [nt-a/ADDITIONAL_NOTES_APPEND] e.g., edit 2 p/98765431
Mark a student mark INDEX-s e.g., mark 2
Receive money from a student pay INDEX-s AMOUNT_PAID e.g., pay 2 300
List all students list
Find a student find n/NAME e.g., find n/John Doe or other supported fields
Find available time slots refer to avail command
Sort students in particular order sort TYPE [ORDER] e.g., sort NAME ASC
Delete a student delete INDEX e.g., delete 2
Clear all students clear
Undo a command undo
Exit the application exit

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Prefix Summary

Prefix Meaning Examples
n/ Name of student n/Alice
p/ Phone number of student p/81234567
np/ Next of Kin Phone number np/65432109
e/ Email of student e/alice@email.com
dt/ Date and time of student’s class dt/2022-10-27 1300-1400
a/ Address of student a/15 Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 155203
paid/ Amount paid by student paid/300
owed/ Amount owed by student owed/200
rate/ Rates per Class rate/100
nt/ Additional notes of student (create new notes) nt/I have created new notes for Alice
nt-a/ Additional notes of student (append existing notes) nt-a/I have added more notes to the existing notes
t/ Tags of student t/python

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