MoneyMap - Your Personal Expense Tracker!
MoneyMap helps users track personal expenses, categorize purchases, and visualize spending trends. It displays the recent expense, average spending of each day, etc for better financial management.
Created on 18th January 2025
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MoneyMap - Your Personal Expense Tracker!
MoneyMap helps users track personal expenses, categorize purchases, and visualize spending trends. It displays the recent expense, average spending of each day, etc for better financial management.
The problem MoneyMap - Your Personal Expense Tracker! solves
MoneyMap - Your Personal Finance Tracker
🌟 The Problem It Solves
MoneyMap simplifies personal finance management by providing an intuitive and easy-to-use platform that helps you:
- 📊 Track Expenses: Record and categorize your daily expenses with ease, ensuring you never miss a transaction.
- 💸 Categorize Purchases: Automatically categorize your purchases for a clear overview of your spending habits.
- 📈 Financial Visualization: View your spending patterns through visual graphs to make smarter financial decisions.
- 💾 Local Data Storage: Store your data locally on your device using IndexedDB, ensuring privacy and offline access.
- ⏳ Time-saving: No need for complex spreadsheets—quickly manage finances with just a few clicks.
🔑 How It Helps
- 💡 Budgeting Made Simple: Easily categorize your expenses and monitor trends to create realistic budgets.
- 🔍 Smarter Spending: Identify areas of overspending and make more informed decisions about where to cut back.
- 🌍 Offline Accessibility: Use MoneyMap anywhere, without requiring an internet connection, with all your data stored locally.
- 🔒 Privacy First: With all data stored on your device, you have full control, and your information is kept private.
- ⚡ Hassle-Free Setup: No complicated setup required—just open the app and start tracking your expenses immediately.
📲 Why Choose MoneyMap?
Whether you're a student, working professional, or anyone who wants to get their finances under control, MoneyMap makes it easier to:
- 📅 Track daily spending
- 📈 Visualize where your money goes
- 💰 Save more by understanding your financial habits
MoneyMap is your perfect financial companion, offering a secure, private, and efficient way to manage and track your money.
Start taking control of your finances today with MoneyMap! 🎯
Challenges I ran into
Challenges Faced During Development
🛠️ 1. Cloud Data Storage Limitations
Problem:
Most free cloud storage services either offer trial periods or come with heavy limitations, making it difficult to store data reliably for a project like MoneyMap.
Solution:
I opted for IndexedDB, which allows for local data storage directly in the user's browser. This solution not only ensures privacy but also offline access to the data.
🌐 2. Two Server Ports and Platform Limitations
Problem:
Full-stack applications typically use two server ports, one for the frontend and one for the backend. However, free hosting platforms with limitations can cause delays in requests between these server ports, affecting the performance of the app.
Solution:
I decided to perform most of the backend operations using vanilla JavaScript in the frontend, reducing the need for backend calls. This approach minimized data fetches and optimized the performance by utilizing IndexedDB for storage, ensuring fast and seamless operations.
💻 3. Lag from Data Calculations
Problem:
With multiple calculations happening in the background, each triggered by user input, re-renders were causing a noticeable lag in the UI, affecting the overall user experience.
Solution:
I implemented a debounce function to delay the execution of calculations until the user stops interacting. This reduced the number of re-renders and improved performance by grouping operations, resulting in a smoother user experience.
🗂️ 4. IndexedDB Object Versioning Issues
Problem:
When using IndexedDB for data storage, versioning issues arose where updates to the database schema would cause unexpected behavior, especially when syncing or updating data.
Solution:
To avoid potential issues, I limited the IndexedDB version to 1, which which simplified the database structure and prevented any issues.
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