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Build a Monthly Spending Tracker with HTML, JavaScript and CSS

Learn how to build a personal finance web app that tracks your monthly spending using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Chart.js. Track spending, visualize data, and master local storage to create a portfolio-ready project. Learn front-end skills that get you hired.

5 Days

Average time students take to complete this course.

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Taught by: Jacinto Wong
Last updated: October 2025

Rated 4.9 out of 5 on Trustpilot

What you'll learn

  • Build a responsive web app with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
  • Use Chart.js to visualize data dynamically
  • Work with forms and handle user input effectively
  • Manage state and persist data using localStorage
  • Master DOM manipulation and event handling
  • Organize spending by categories like Housing and Food
  • Create interactive, real-world UI experiences
  • Add a polished, portfolio-ready project to showcase your skills

This project-based course walks you through building a real-world personal finance and budgeting app that’s as useful as it is impressive. You’ll create a clean, interactive UI where users can log expenses, choose categories, and instantly see the results in a dynamic chart.

With Chart.js, you’ll bring your data to life in a way that’s both beautiful and functional. Along the way, you’ll get solid experience with forms, input handling, and using localStorage to save data - even when the browser refreshes.

By the end, you’ll have a sharp-looking, fully functional web app you’ll be proud to show off. More importantly, you’ll have deeper confidence in core front-end skills that every developer needs!

What's the bottom line?

This course is not about making you just code along without understanding the principles so that when you are done with the course you don’t know what to do other than watch another tutorial... No!

This course will push you and challenge you to become someone that is able to build your own real-world projects that wow users and prospective employers 💪.

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Course curriculum

To make sure this course is a good fit for you, you can start learning for free right now by clicking any of the PREVIEW links below.

Introduction

4 lectures

Introduction4:24

PREVIEW

Exercise: Meet Your Classmates and Instructor

PREVIEW

Course Resources

PREVIEW

Developer Setup

PREVIEW

Monthly Spending Tracker

5 lectures

Where To Go From Here?

2 lectures

Appendix - Developer Setup

7 lectures

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Meet your instructor

Your instructor isn’t just an expert with years of real-world professional experience. He has been in your shoes. He makes learning fun. He makes complex topics feel simple. He will motivate you. He will push you. And he will go above and beyond to help you succeed.

Jacinto Wong

Hi, I'm Jacinto Wong!

Jacinto, a Zero To Mastery Academy instructor, is a self-taught developer working as a Senior Developer. Having been in your shoes, he knows it is possible to upgrade your skills and switch careers without spending excessive time or money.

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Jacinto Wong

Senior Developer & Designer

Frequently asked questions

Are there any prerequisites for this course?

  • Basic knowledge of CSS, JavaScript, and HTMl is required.

Who is this course for?

  • Anyone who feels like they can't build amazing CSS and JavaScript projects on their own
  • Anyone who wants to become a Web Developer, switch careers, or become a freelance Web Developer
  • Developers and Designers who feel like they have beginner or intermediate front-end skills but want to deepen their knowledge and improve their skills
  • Programmers who want to learn frontend web development
  • Anyone who needs to add more projects to their portfolio or resume
  • Aspiring and experienced web developers looking to master styling and layout techniques

Do you provide a certificate of completion?

We definitely do and they are quite nice. You will also be able to add Zero To Mastery Academy to the education section of your LinkedIn profile as well.

Are there subtitles?

Yes! We have high quality subtitles in 6 different languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Arabic, and Hindi.

You can even adjust the text size, color, background and more so that the subtitles are perfect just for you!

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