Overview
Money Guard is a financial tracking web application designed to help users monitor and analyze their income and expenses. The platform provides real-time financial insights using interactive charts, detailed statistics, and an intuitive user interface.
The application is built with React.js, using Vite as the bundler for optimized performance. It features Redux Toolkit (RTK) for global state management, ensuring seamless data flow across the app. The project was developed collaboratively, with my role focusing on global state management, API integration, and component assembly according to the project’s Figma design.
Links
- Live Page: Money Guard Deployment
- GitHub Repository: View on GitHub
Technical Implementation
Tech Stack
- Frontend: React.js, Vite, Redux Toolkit
- State Management: RTK (Redux Toolkit) & Redux Persist
- API Handling: Axios
- Data Visualization: Chart.js & React-Chartjs-2
- Routing: React Router DOM
- Form Management: Formik & Yup
- Animations: Framer Motion
- UI Enhancements: React Toastify, React Icons, React Datepicker
- Styling: Modern Normalize, Clsx
Architecture & Development Insights
- Global State Management with Redux Toolkit (RTK): Implemented RTK for managing global state efficiently, ensuring smooth handling of financial data and user preferences.
- API Integration & Data Fetching: Utilized Axios for handling HTTP requests, fetching financial records, and managing authentication.
- Modular Component-Based Development: Structured the application with reusable React components to enhance maintainability and scalability.
- Project Layout & UI Consistency: Ensured accurate positioning and styling according to Figma design specifications.
User Experience (UX)
Target Audience
- Individuals & Budget Planners: Users looking for a simple and effective tool to track income and expenses.
- Freelancers & Small Business Owners: People who need an overview of their financial activity with insightful visualizations.
- Developers & Finance Enthusiasts: Those interested in exploring financial data visualization techniques in React.
Key Features
- Real-Time Expense & Income Tracking:
- Add, edit, and delete financial records
- Categorized expense breakdown
- Interactive Data Visualization:
- Dynamic financial charts (Chart.js)
- Animated UI with Framer Motion
- Persistent User Data:
- Redux Persist ensures data retention between sessions
- Form Validation & Input Handling:
- Formik & Yup for secure and error-free input processing
Challenges & Learning Experiences
Efficient Global State Management with RTK
- Problem: Managing financial data across multiple components while ensuring reactivity and consistency.
- Solution: Used Redux Toolkit to centralize and optimize state management, improving performance and maintainability.
API Handling & Data Fetching
- Problem: Handling asynchronous data fetching efficiently while ensuring a smooth user experience.
- Solution: Implemented Axios with optimized API calls, ensuring fast and reliable data fetching.
Implementing Smooth & Engaging UI
- Problem: Making the financial tracking UI both visually appealing and highly interactive.
- Solution: Integrated Framer Motion for animations and Chart.js for real-time data visualization.
Maintaining UI Consistency Across Components
- Problem: Ensuring that all components adhered to the Figma design specifications.
- Solution: Carefully structured and styled components using Clsx & Modern Normalize to maintain visual consistency.
Conclusion
Money Guard demonstrates how a modern React.js application can efficiently track and visualize financial data while providing a seamless user experience. Through the use of Redux Toolkit for global state management, Axios for API handling, and Framer Motion for animations, the project delivers both functionality and interactivity.
Future improvements include:
- Advanced financial insights and reporting
- AI-powered budgeting recommendations
- Multi-user account support for collaborative budgeting