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17th June 2010 - Link Blog

pdf.js. A JavaScript library for creating simple PDF files. Works (flakily) in your browser using a data:URI hack, but is also compatible with server-side JavaScript implementations such as Node.js.

Posted 17th June 2010 at 7:39 pm

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