Final Touches and Share
Explore how to finalize your Java Budget Tracker project by refactoring code for readability, adding comments for documentation, and packaging it as a shareable application. This lesson helps you apply professional coding practices to deliver a polished project ready for your portfolio.
Congratulations! You’ve reached the final stage of your Java “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.
Polished: Clean, readable, and maintainable.
Documented: Explained with comments and instructions.
Shareable: Packaged into a runnable format so others can use it. ...