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Show HN: Create unlimited one-off Invoices (Built with AngularJS)

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Re: Show HN: Create unlimited one-off Invoices (Built with AngularJS)

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Post by jasdeepsingh »

greaterweb wrote: post #19

A handful of suggestions - consider putting initial focus on the item description field and possibly using a textarea over input - in alternating rows with white background it's difficult to determine what can be updated - as this is desktop targeted, I'd consider throwing a hover style over the fields which are in fact editable - rather than trying to rework styling of form elements, use the hover effect as describe…

these are really good feedback notes, I'll add these in into our roadmap. We were actually planning to do simple Firebase based backend integration so that people can actually save their invoices and just send out links etc.

Re: Show HN: Create unlimited one-off Invoices (Built with AngularJS)

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Post by cooperadymas »

xaritas wrote: post #11

Neat. In working with Angular it has definitely seemed that it is particularly well suited to building single-purpose form-based apps (because building really simple things in Angular is shockingly easy). I've had a few ideas like this one. Maybe this will motivate me :)

Would like to say this was my own idea, but I stole it from another HNer in one of the thousands of "what should I build?" threads. Do a search for Excel or Google Doc templates and find one that is popular. Build it into a single-purpose app like this. Great for building a little portfolio, making yourself known, and generally making the web a better place.

And, like you said, it's shockingly easy :)

Re: Show HN: Create unlimited one-off Invoices (Built with AngularJS)

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Post by kpapke »

jasdeepsingh wrote: post #21
greaterweb wrote: post #19

A handful of suggestions - consider putting initial focus on the item description field and possibly using a textarea over input - in alternating rows with white background it's difficult to determine what can be updated - as this is desktop targeted, I'd consider throwing a hover style over the fields which are in fact editable - rather than trying to rework styling of form elements, use the hover effect as describe…

these are really good feedback notes, I'll add these in into our roadmap. We were actually planning to do simple Firebase based backend integration so that people can actually save their invoices and just send out links etc.

This would be a really good idea. I've been using http://invoicemachine.com/ for a few years and I like how you can save the invoices and automatically email them out on a schedule (my client had monthly maintenance work). They let you export it in different formats like a PDF which is helpful too.

Re: Show HN: Create unlimited one-off Invoices (Built with AngularJS)

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Post by drum »

Very cool. Sometimes I receive invoices in the mail that give me the option to pay online. However most of the sites require a sign up and account. The smarter sites have a widget that allows you to type in your unique invoice id and pay without signing up.

This has always seemed like a possible opportunity for a SaaS product in my opinion. Essentially you'd let the site generate the invoices using your code. Give them a snippet to put on their site and handle the payment processing. Maybe give them a dashboard to see all their data.

Embeddable Invoices.

Re: Show HN: Create unlimited one-off Invoices (Built with AngularJS)

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Post by erichurkman »

leeoniya wrote: post #2

suggestion: instead of enabling/disabling print mode, just use an additional media=print stylesheet.

I'd still keep a print button; not a enable/disable, but at least a button that triggers `window.print()`. "Print" buttons may seem useless, but they do serve as a simple bit of advertisement that "Yes, this page is print-friendly!"

Re: Show HN: Create unlimited one-off Invoices (Built with AngularJS)

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Post by jasdeepsingh »

kpapke wrote: post #23
jasdeepsingh wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

these are really good feedback notes, I'll add these in into our roadmap. We were actually planning to do simple Firebase based backend integration so that people can actually save their invoices and just send out links etc.

This would be a really good idea. I've been using http://invoicemachine.com/ for a few years and I like how you can save the invoices and automatically email them out on a schedule (my client had monthly maintenance work). They let you export it in different formats like a PDF which is helpful too.

This is neat! for now, our goal was to just get something very simple out the door.. Create invoices, Print/Save as PDF and manage them offline..

Feedback that we've got so far has been amazing! Thanks y'all!

Re: Show HN: Create unlimited one-off Invoices (Built with AngularJS)

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Post by jasdeepsingh »

erichurkman wrote: post #25
leeoniya wrote: post #2

suggestion: instead of enabling/disabling print mode, just use an additional media=print stylesheet.

I'd still keep a print button; not a enable/disable, but at least a button that triggers `window.print()`. "Print" buttons may seem useless, but they do serve as a simple bit of advertisement that "Yes, this page is print-friendly!"

In the app,

Turn on Print Mode > Print

Does exactly that :)

Re: Show HN: Create unlimited one-off Invoices (Built with AngularJS)

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Post by wikwocket »

leeoniya wrote: post #2

suggestion: instead of enabling/disabling print mode, just use an additional media=print stylesheet.

I think the print mode button is valuable. It provides an affordance that shows you you can turn of the GitHub notice and footer, and use this for actual invoices. Lots of people don't know about print-only style sheets, and how many people are going to print-preview the page as opposed to click a button out of curiosity?
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