Initially a very simple Time Tracker utility I created to reconnect with WPF, I now use this at work to track my time.

The idea is to have this app running in the system tray which provides a quick and easy way to start and stop a timer for the current task you are working.

##Usage Download, Clone or Fork, open solution in Visual Studio, hit F5 and away you go. Note: You'll probably need to update packages before you can build.

##How it works Once it is running you will see a new icon in the system tray. Right click icon to display a menu with the following top level items:

• PunchIn
  • The action changes to PunchOut if you have a current timer running i.e. already Punched In.
• Work Items
  • A list of your previous work items. Work Items can have many tasks (PunchIn/PunchOut).
• Options
  • Bad naming here but it basically opens the main window.
• Shortcuts
  • Similar to the old favorites menu in windows explorer of old aka XP.
• Exit

###Main Window Shows tracking activity detail, reports and user settings.

####Title Links

• Settings
  • Theme
    • Select theme and accent colour
  • File Locations
    • Shortcuts folder location
    • SharePoint list location and name

####Tracker Displays the list of work items and their individual time entries.

####Reports View weekly reports from last week and this week. I will add user filtering when I get around to it.

###Future Features Plugin architecture (MEF etc.) Export weekly timesheet to SharePoint plugin. If the list doesn't exist, we try to create it.

##Credit where credit is due NotifyIcon for WPF from hardcodet.net by Philipp Sumi was used for all NotifyIcon activities. I also wanted to play around with theming and give the app a modern windows look. Turns out there are plenty of projects out there doing this so I decided to learn from them. The UI project is basically a fork of an awesome project hosted on CodePlex called ModernUI...they are only starting out but go check it out anywayz. Another project I have taken ideas from is the good ol' WPF Toolkit. I didn't want to invest too much time learning how these toolkits did their thing so I simply "borrowed" what I needed and modified to fit which was all I needed to get started with templates and themes etc.