Budget Tracker (Laravel)

A simple personal budget tracker built with Laravel.

Features

• Add, edit, and delete transactions
• Mark each transaction as income or expense
• Monthly filter (YYYY-MM)
• Dashboard summary cards:
  • Total income
  • Total expense
  • Net balance
• Input validation for amount, date, type, and category

Tech Stack

• Laravel 12
• Blade templates
• MySQL (XAMPP)

Setup

1. Install dependencies

composer install
npm install

2. Configure environment

cp .env.example .env
php artisan key:generate

3. Update DB connection in .env (already done in your case)

4. Run migrations

php artisan migrate

5. Start the server

php artisan serve

Then open:

• http://127.0.0.1:8000

Main Routes

• GET / -> redirects to transactions dashboard
• GET /transactions -> list transactions + summary
• GET /transactions/create -> create form
• POST /transactions -> save transaction
• GET /transactions/{transaction}/edit -> edit form
• PUT /transactions/{transaction} -> update transaction
• DELETE /transactions/{transaction} -> delete transaction

Run Tests

php artisan test

Database Table

transactions table fields:

• id
• type (income or expense)
• category (string)
• amount (decimal)
• description (nullable text)
• transaction_date (date)
• created_at, updated_at