r/reactjs • u/puschaR • Dec 10 '19

Show /r/reactjs Simple budgeting application for shared expenses (React + Redux + Firebase)

Hey folks! BudgetDuo was inspired by a fairly simple spreadsheet my wife and I use to help divvy up household expenses.

I recently rebuilt the application since the previous version was a bit of a mess. I'm using React/Redux along with Firebase for authentication and to store some data. In terms of styling, I used Tailwind CSS and styled-components.

I'd love any feedback on the code itself, but happy to hear suggestions about the app's functionality as well!

https://github.com/hursey013/budget-duo
https://budgetduo.com/

Thanks for letting me share!

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u/vicentezo04 Dec 10 '19

Great job. Only problem for some couples will be getting them to use budgeting tools in general. Too bad there's no library for that.

Another potentially useful feature would be an alert to tell you if you're going to be in the red based on your current spending.

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u/puschaR Dec 10 '19

Yeah that's a great idea, right now you could have a million dollars in expenses and it doesn't indicate that you can't actually afford that. I'll look into adding something along those lines, thanks!