Build An Expense Tracker Using Python

Build A Budget Tracking Program Using The Python Programming Language

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If you are looking to get a hold of your spending habits, then you may want to consider using something to track your expenses. You can do this by downloading an app (e.g. Cleo, or Mint) to track your expenses or writing a program to track your expenses or just using an Excel spreadsheet.

This is important because it will give you a metric or a way to measure how much you are spending per month or per year etc. and will show you where your money is going as well as how much you are bringing in.

Calculate Your Yearly Expenses

Once you create a budget and start tracking your expenses, then you will be able to see where your money is going. So, in this article, I will share with you some of the steps that I used to create a very simple expense tracking program.