Earmark is a personal budgeting app written in C# with the Windows App SDK. It recreates the UI and functionality of programs like YNAB 4 and Actual Budget using modern WinUI 3 controls.

• Git
• Visual Studio 2022 with the Windows 11 SDK component installed

git clone https://github.com/nithinkaira021/Myfinanceapp.git

• Open the solution file (Earmark.sln) with Visual Studio.
• Ensure that the Earmark.Package project is set as the start-up project by right-clicking on the Earmark.Package project in the solution explorer and selecting "Set as Startup item".
• In the top pane, select your desired build mode and the processor architecture of your device like below:
• You should now be able to build and run Earmark on your machine.

The Earmark project contains the UI code. The app follows the model-view-viewmodel (MVVM) pattern and uses the open source CommunityToolkit.Mvvm library to implement observable properties, commanding, messaging, etc.

The Earmark.Backend project holds a service layer that contains domain logic and exposes CRUD operations for interacting with the budget. Earmark stores budget and account data locally in a SQLite database and performs data access with Entity Framework Core. A code-first approach is used; i.e., the database schema is built up from the EF Core model with migrations.

The Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection package enables easy dependency injection of these backend services into view models.