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Final Touches and Share

Learn how to polish and document your C++ Budget Tracker by refactoring code and adding proper comments.

Congratulations! You’ve reached the final stage of your C++ Budget Tracker project. Over the past lessons, you’ve learned how to:

  • Store and update income.

  • Record and validate expenses by category and amount.

  • Interact with the program using a CLI (command line interface).

This is no small feat.

Many beginners stop at “Hello World” or simple calculators, but you’ve gone further by creating a practical, usable application. However, writing code is only part of being a programmer. Professional developers also ensure that their projects possess the following attributes.

  1. Polished: Clean, readable, and maintainable.

  2. Documented: Explained with comments and instructions.

  3. Shareable: Packaged into a runnable format so others can use it.

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