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view_component
A framework for building reusable, testable & encapsulated view components in Ruby on Rails.
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Scrawl-canvas
Responsive, interactive and more accessible HTML5 canvas elements. Scrawl-canvas is a JavaScript library designed to make using the HTML5 canvas element easier, and more fun
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not-yet-awesome-rust
A curated list of Rust code and resources that do NOT exist yet, but would be beneficial to the Rust community.
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NOTE:
The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives.
Hence, a higher number means a better Prawn alternative or higher similarity.
Prawn discussion
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We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
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How to write on a PDF using Ruby
Prawn: The fast, nimble PDF writer for Ruby
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Show HN: Dropflow, a CSS layout engine for node or <canvas>
I'm a little confused by your comment. I've been using the Prawn library to generate PDFs on the backend for a side project I am working on for quite sometime https://github.com/prawnpdf/prawn
(Admittedly, the PDFs I generate are most certainly not beautiful, so maybe that's the difference)
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Working with PDFs in Ruby
to view the email preview (note the PDF attachment included in the email):  ## Prawn PDF [Prawn PDF](https://github.com/prawnpdf/prawn) is a pure Ruby PDF- generation library that comes packed with features, such as PNG and JPG image embeds, generated file encryption, right-to-left text rendering, a way to incorporate outlines for easy document navigation, and a lot more. Prawn comes with its own DSL, which drives its powerful PDF generation abilities. ### When to Use Prawn Although it's not a fully featured report generation library like the well-known [Jasper Reports](https://community.jaspersoft.com/), with a bit of work using it's powerful DSL, you can generate some really cool and rather complex PDF documents with Prawn. Even so, it's important to note that Prawn isn't everything. If you want to generate PDFs from HTML, then you should look elsewhere, as the gem provides very limited support for inline styling, something of a hurdle if you're working with rich HTML documents. ### Installing and Using Prawn To get started with Prawn, install it with this command: ```bash gem install prawn
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Need help
Is the Prawn gem something you can utilize?
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Invoicing gem implementation
Prawn pdf: https://github.com/prawnpdf/prawn
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Working on Script to auto-generate templates, help needed
Javascript isn't really my thing, so first I had a go with the Prawn library in ruby, but now I'm hacking LuaTex via Fennel and having a blast.
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Creating PDFs in a Ruby on Rails application
You have a few options when trying to create a PDF in a Rails environment. Prawn and Wicked PDF have been around for quite a while. I have been using both gems and they work fine. However, they have a few limitations that can make it difficult to handle more complex PDFs. I recently discovered Grover, which can remediate some of this inflexibility in creating PDFs.
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What libraries do you miss from other languages?
On this note, Ruby’s Prawn is great at the writing half and I miss it in pretty much every other language.
- Status Update 2021 (Prawn PDF Ruby Gem)
- Status Update 2021 (PrawnPDF OSS)
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Stats
Basic Prawn repo stats
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4,815
5.3
about 2 months ago
prawnpdf/prawn is an open source project licensed under CERN Open Hardware Licence Version 2 - Strongly Reciprocal which is not an OSI approved license.
The primary programming language of Prawn is Ruby.
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