aerix-invoice-nota-template v2.0.1

Aerix invoice template

An example invoice template that demonstrates procedurally generated documents based on JSON input data. See preview.json for the source data of the above preview. This template can be rendered to PDF using Nota. This was the first template made and actualy used in prodution by Aerix. Producing such invoices was the driver that sparked the development of Nota in 2013.

Features

• Does all the invoice arithmatic for you (subtotals, VAT, discounts, no more embarrasing calculator mistakes guaranteed).

• Supports quotations. Automatically switches between invoice and quotation mode based on type specified in meta data.

• Invoice internationalisation. Detects country of client and automatically sets language (Dutch and English supported, but more could easily be added).
• Automatically formats output PDF filename (based on ID, client and project title). For example 2014.0044_Client-Company-Optional-project-name.pdf. See the link to the source code for cases of formatting.
• Invoice model validation. An error is throw when attempting to render an invalid invoice to prevent sending out faulty invoices to clients.
• Expiration date. Expiration date of the invoice (or quotation) expires is calculated based on a configurable validity period.
• And many more ...

Tech used

• Handlebars.js
• i18next.js
• Moment.js
• TV4.js
• jQuery
• Sass
• Bourbon
• CoffeeScript
• RequireJS
• Grunt
• Bower

Usage

This template comes by default with the Nota CLI as an example. Install it using npm install nota-cli.

Preview in browser

In the Nota CLI folder, run ./nota --template=example-invoice --preview for a preview.

Render to PDF with your own data

In the Nota CLI directory, run ./nota --template=example-invoice --data=<path/to/data.json. The output PDF will be located in the same directory. Specify the location with the flag --output=<path/to/output.pdf>, and try the other options available with ./nota --help.

Development

Requirements

You'll need

• NodeJS
• NPM
• Bower
• Gulp
• Bourbon

Compiling assets

Run grunt in the template directory for automagically compiling SASS and CoffeeScript.