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📊 Depreciation Calculator

Status: ✅ Live - Phase 2 Complete

Tech Stack: HTML5, CSS3, Vanilla JavaScript, GitHub Pages

Project Overview: Professional web-based depreciation calculator supporting multiple accounting methods.

Key Features:

• ✅ Straight-Line depreciation method
• ✅ Declining Balance method (200% & 150%)
• ✅ Responsive design
• ✅ Comprehensive input validation
• ✅ Educational explanations of each method

What I Learned:

• Complex form validation and error handling
• Professional documentation practices
• Git workflows and GitHub Pages deployment
• Solving real accounting problems with code

Challenges Overcome:

1. JavaScript Number Precision: Implemented custom rounding to ensure 2-decimal accuracy for financial calculations
2. Edge Case Handling: Declining balance method must stop at salvage value, requiring conditional logic
3. User Experience: Balanced comprehensive validation with helpful, non-intrusive error messages

Timeline: January 2026 (2 weeks - Phase 1 & 2)

Links: 🔗 View Live | 💻 View Code | 📝 Read Blog Post

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Next Phase: Adding Chart.js visualizations to show book value trends and depreciation patterns graphically.

Built in collaboration with Claude and Deepseek AI

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