Implementation
1. Frontend UI (React Example)
Home Page (Expense List & Summary)
jsx
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// [Link]
import React, { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
import axios from 'axios';
function Home() {
const [expenses, setExpenses] = useState([]);
const [total, setTotal] = useState(0);
useEffect(() => {
[Link]('/api/expenses').then(res => {
setExpenses([Link]);
setTotal([Link]((sum, e) => sum + [Link], 0));
});
}, []);
return (
<div>
<h2>Total Spent: ${total}</h2>
<ul>
{[Link](e => (
<li key={e._id}>
{[Link]} - {[Link]}: ${[Link]}
</li>
))}
</ul>
</div>
);
}
2. Backend API ([Link] + Express + MongoDB)
Basic Express Setup
js
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// [Link]
const express = require('express');
const mongoose = require('mongoose');
const Expense = require('./models/Expense');
const app = express();
[Link]([Link]());
[Link]('mongodb://localhost:27017/expense-tracker');
[Link]('/api/expenses', async (req, res) => {
const expenses = await [Link]();
[Link](expenses);
});
[Link]('/api/expenses', async (req, res) => {
const expense = new Expense([Link]);
await [Link]();
[Link](201).json(expense);
});
[Link](3000, () => [Link]('Server running on port 3000'));
Expense Model (Mongoose)
js
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// models/[Link]
const mongoose = require('mongoose');
const expenseSchema = new [Link]({
amount: Number,
category: String,
date: { type: Date, default: [Link] },
notes: String
});
[Link] = [Link]('Expense', expenseSchema);
3. Add Expense Component
jsx
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// [Link]
import React, { useState } from 'react';
import axios from 'axios';
function AddExpense() {
const [form, setForm] = useState({ amount: '', category: '', notes: '' });
const handleSubmit = async (e) => {
[Link]();
await [Link]('/api/expenses', form);
alert('Expense added!');
};
return (
<form onSubmit={handleSubmit}>
<input type="number" placeholder="Amount" onChange={e => setForm({ ...form,
amount: [Link] })} />
<input type="text" placeholder="Category" onChange={e => setForm({ ...form, category:
[Link] })} />
<input type="text" placeholder="Notes" onChange={e => setForm({ ...form, notes:
[Link] })} />
<button type="submit">Add Expense</button>
</form>
);
}
4. Optional Enhancements
• Add [Link] for visual summaries
• Add filters (date range, category)
• Implement user login (Firebase Auth or JWT)
• Set up recurring expenses
• Export to CSV (using libraries like json2csv)
Deployment
• Frontend: Vercel or Netlify
• Backend: Render or Railway
• MongoDB: Atlas (cloud-hosted)
• CI/CD: GitHub + GitHub Actions (optional)