💸 Expense Tracker Backend (Spring Boot + MySQL)

This is a personal Expense Tracker REST API built with Spring Boot and MySQL. It allows you to add, update, delete, and view expenses, filtered by category or date.

✅ Built as a personal project for learning and daily usage.

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🚀 Features

• Add, update, delete expenses
• Filter expenses by category
• View all expenses
• Persistent storage using MySQL
• Simple and clean RESTful API
• Ready to connect with frontend (React)

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🧰 Tech Stack

• Java 17+
• Spring Boot
• Spring Data JPA
• MySQL
• Maven

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⚙️ Setup Instructions

1️⃣ Create a MySQL Database

CREATE DATABASE expensetracker;