Build a CV generator in Laravel in 30 minutes
Mykael Oduya
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A step-by-step tutorial for building a profile-to-PDF CV generator — the exact feature powering this platform.
What you need: Laravel, a members table, and barryvdh/laravel-dompdf.
1. Install the package: composer require barryvdh/laravel-dompdf
2. Create a clean, print-first Blade template
3. Render the view to HTML, then wrap it with Pdf::loadHTML()->setPaper('a4')->download()
4. Log each download for analytics
The trick is designing the template for print first (static colors, no dark backgrounds) and reusing it for both the web preview and the PDF export.
1. Install the package: composer require barryvdh/laravel-dompdf
2. Create a clean, print-first Blade template
3. Render the view to HTML, then wrap it with Pdf::loadHTML()->setPaper('a4')->download()
4. Log each download for analytics
The trick is designing the template for print first (static colors, no dark backgrounds) and reusing it for both the web preview and the PDF export.
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