Daily Journal

A terminal-based daily journaling application built with Clojure.

Features

• Create daily journal entries with prompts for reflection
• View all entries with color-coded formatting
• Search entries by content or date range
• Edit existing entries
• Delete entries
• Unique entry IDs in JFAyyyymmdd format

Prerequisites

• Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 8 or higher
• Leiningen (for development and building)

Installation

Option 1: Run from Source with Leiningen

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/yourusername/daily-journal.git
   cd daily-journal

2. Run the application:

   lein run

Option 2: Build and Run Standalone JAR

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/yourusername/daily-journal.git
   cd daily-journal

2. Build the uberjar:

   lein uberjar

3. Run the compiled JAR:

   java -jar target/uberjar/daily-journal-0.1.0-SNAPSHOT-standalone.jar

Usage

After starting the application, you'll see a menu with the following options:

1. Create a new entry
2. View all entries
3. Search entries
4. Edit an entry
5. Delete an entry
6. Exit

Creating an Entry

When creating a new entry, you'll be prompted to answer:

• How you're feeling today
• What you did well
• What you want to focus on tomorrow
• How you plan to improve

Each entry is automatically dated and assigned a unique ID in the format JFAyyyymmdd.

Viewing Entries

Entries are displayed in reverse chronological order (newest first), with color-coded formatting for easy reading.

Searching Entries

You can search by:

• Content across all fields
• Date range

Editing and Deleting

Entries can be selected by their number in the list for editing or deletion.

Development

Project Structure

• src/daily_journal/core.clj - Main application code
• project.clj - Project configuration and dependencies

Key Technologies

• Clojure - Functional programming language
• Leiningen - Build tool
• EDN (Extensible Data Notation) - Data storage format

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Contributing

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some amazing feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
5. Open a Pull Request