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Re: Show HN: A free invoice generator

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I made one as well [0] for my own invoices as a contractor in the UK which I made to try out Typescript. I just went the way of using the print to pdf feature of the browser rather than generating the PDF myself (and no need for any server side things this way!), works well enough for my case. Code is on github: https://github.com/Keats/invoicer [0]: http://vincent.is/working-on/invoicing/

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Re: Show HN: A free invoice generator

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Pet peeve: for ambiguous currency signs, the currency code must always be clearly mentioned on the invoice. I hate it when I buy from companies in the US and they just write their prices as $. Then my accountant doesn't know if that invoice was in USD or HKD. There are dozens of countries that use the $ as their currency symbol. At least mention the currency code somewhere, please.

Good point! I'll add a way to toggle the code on or off.

Re: Show HN: A free invoice generator

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how are you generating the pdf? client side as well?

There's a Scala-based backend service that generates the PDFs based on the data it receives from the client (I am planning on transitioning to something like[1] for this purpose in the future, however). The PDFs are garbage-collected within 10 minutes of when they are created. 1: http://parall.ax/products/jspdf

On you site it says "Free Invoice Generator does not store any of your data online. Instead, all of your settings are saved to your browser through the LocalStorage mechanism. Clicking the above button will delete the data that Free Invoice Generator has saved to your computer so far."

Maybe I have a poor understanding of the logistics but on reading that I have the impression that my data never leaves my browser. If so, how are you generating the PDFs server-side which are populated with my data?

This looks great and my question isn't a complaint. If you store user's browser data for 10 minutes or so, then you should probably change the wording in your claim to reflect this. And if you can generate a PDF server-side which somehow adds user data without leaving my browser's local storage I'd be most interested in learning how that works as it sounds almost magical.

Re: Show HN: A free invoice generator

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Nice work! This is very similar to the invoice tool I made: http://invoice-generator.com

Nice ! But there are no Ads on your website. Did you intend to make money with it ? or was it a fun side project you did ?

They want you to upgrade to the full invoiced.com service.

I've used this free site once in a while. It generates good looking invoices.

Re: Show HN: A free invoice generator

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post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nice ! But there are no Ads on your website. Did you intend to make money with it ? or was it a fun side project you did ?

They want you to upgrade to the full invoiced.com service. I've used this free site once in a while. It generates good looking invoices.

Ah ! Thanks for pointing it out. I see the "upgrade" tab on the top now.
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