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Re: Show HN: My first web app – PDF memo creator

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Post by webtechgal »

lucb1e wrote: post #50

I am probably missing something in the mobile view. What makes this page easier than creating this in any product from Libreoffice to Word and exporting to pdf?

This app makes it possible to (easily) create PDFs on PCs (and other access devices) that don't have LibreOffice or Word (or other similar tools) installed, using just a web browser (and an Internet connection).

Great work, btw.

Re: Show HN: My first web app – PDF memo creator

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Post by escap »

mypalmike wrote: post #71
thenaturalist wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Asking as a self-taught not-so-advanced-yet guy wanting to build a similar I/O web app: Could you elaborate a bit on how client-side transformation/ generation could be achieved?

Perhaps using http://pdfkit.org/

or using https://github.com/bpampuch/pdfmake e.g. http://pdfmake.org/playground.html "pdfmake is based on a truly amazing library pdfkit.org"

Re: Show HN: My first web app – PDF memo creator

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Post by toomanybeersies »

I just recently used Prawn to make a PDF receipt generator in Rails for work.

It's surprisingly fun when you get into it, and Prawn is very powerful.

I've been thinking of making a Resume generator using Prawn in my spare time, but I haven't really found the time.

Re: Show HN: My first web app – PDF memo creator

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Post by gchokov »

icebraining wrote: post #80
gchokov wrote: post #67

It's so much easier to open up Ms Word, have a template by your choice, and export as PDF. I don't get it guys. Super nice domain occupied for a trivial thing... edit: Maybe an OK solution if you don't have Ms Word. But, almost all text editors can export as PDF anyway..

What would you use that domain for?

Keeping a Meeting Memo in the cloud, for teams, for example. Memo as a PDF? No thanks.

Re: Show HN: My first web app – PDF memo creator

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Post by webtechgal »

probolsky wrote: post #62
davidshepherd7 wrote: post #52

Minor bug: If I hit "Create a PDF" without entering any data I get an internal server error page.

Would you mind telling my what device you are using? OS? Thanks.

CentOS 6.7 + FireFox 45.3.0 here, no error when I hit the Create PDF button without typing anything.

Re: Show HN: My first web app – PDF memo creator

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Post by mostafaberg »

johnwheeler wrote: post #2

I like it. Dead simple. Makes nice output. The UI is correct. I would use. Feedback: Consider replacing "We take privacy seriously" with "I take privacy seriously". Better yet, consider removing that sentence so you don't make people second guess it. It's even easier then because there's less information that needs mental processing. You might just say, "Once you generate your memo, your information is deleted foreve…

+1 on removing it completely, you need a privacy policy link instead, you might create one your own with some online template or better yet have a lawyer write it for you, shouldn't cost so much I guess and will give you the professional look you're trying to show

Re: Show HN: My first web app – PDF memo creator

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Post by kranner »

thenaturalist wrote: post #55
eschutte2 wrote: post #3

Cool. For even more privacy, you could generate the PDF client-side.

Asking as a self-taught not-so-advanced-yet guy wanting to build a similar I/O web app: Could you elaborate a bit on how client-side transformation/ generation could be achieved?

There's also https://github.com/MrRio/jsPDF
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