Dashboards excel at showcasing a multitude of valuable information on a single page. However, there are instances when a basic dashboard layout falls short in accommodating the desired volume of data on a single screen. In this article, we will demonstrate a method for amplifying information presentation through the use of a tabbed component. It’s important to note that this is not a built-in and we will need to write a bit of code.

Here is what we after:

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This tutorial shows how to generate PDF files on the server with Node.js and PDFMake and call the PDF generator from a PHPRunner application. We use the same general approach for documents such as invoices, billing reminders and other PDFs that need to be created automatically on the server.

Before you start

You need:

• access to the web server where the generated application runs;
• permission to install and run Node.js on that server;
• a folder in the PHPRunner project where the PDFMake script and its dependencies can be stored;
• a writable location for the generated PDF files.

The PHP/PHPRunner part of the application passes the required values to the Node.js script. The Node.js script builds the document definition, generates the PDF and saves it to the location you specify.

1. Download Node.js and install it.

2. Inside your PHPRunner project create a folder named pdfmake.

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An old programmer’s saying, coined by Jamie Zawinski, says “Every program attempts to expand until it can read mail”. Jokes aside, email was and still is an integral part of our lives, and every web application needs to send emails to its users. This guide will walk you through all the steps to ensure every single email-sending aspect is covered. This is going to be a long article and we plan to update it often. Here are the topics, that will be covered in this…Continue Reading “A Complete Guide to Sending Emails with a Web-based Application” →