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Austin Nguyen

How to build area annotations with canvas capture in PDF.js

Build area annotations in PDF.js: pointer tracking, canvas-region capture, PDF coordinate conversion, and draggable overlays with React.

How to build text highlight annotations with PDF.js and React

Austin Nguyen

How to build text highlight annotations with PDF.js and React

Rendering custom overlays on PDF.js pages with React portals

Austin Nguyen

Rendering custom overlays on PDF.js pages with React portals

PDF.js coordinates: Convert PDF space to screen space

Austin Nguyen

PDF.js coordinates: Convert PDF space to screen space

How to add PDF page navigation, zoom, and rotation controls with PDF.js

Austin Nguyen

How to add PDF page navigation, zoom, and rotation controls with PDF.js

How to download multiple files with JavaScript in one request

Miguel Calderón

How to download multiple files with JavaScript in one request

How to implement text search in PDF.js with PDFFindController

Austin Nguyen

How to implement text search in PDF.js with PDFFindController

How to build a TypeScript image viewer

Hulya Masharipov

How to build a TypeScript image viewer

PDF.js EventBus guide: Events, hooks, and custom pub/sub patterns

Austin Nguyen

PDF.js EventBus guide: Events, hooks, and custom pub/sub patterns

The Web SDK is now headless — For your design system and for AI agents

Mahmoud Elsayad

The Web SDK is now headless — For your design system and for AI agents

How to set up a custom PDF.js viewer in React

Austin Nguyen

How to set up a custom PDF.js viewer in React

Best JavaScript PDF viewer libraries (2026): 5 options compared

Jonathan D. Rhyne

Best JavaScript PDF viewer libraries (2026): 5 options compared

React PDF viewer with pdfjs-dist and Next.js (2026): Step-by-step tutorial

Ritesh Kumar

React PDF viewer with pdfjs-dist and Next.js (2026): Step-by-step tutorial

Online document viewer: Options, tradeoffs, and how to embed one

Hulya Masharipov

Online document viewer: Options, tradeoffs, and how to embed one

Document viewer for web apps: React, Vue, Angular (2026)

Hulya Masharipov

Document viewer for web apps: React, Vue, Angular (2026)

PDF.js limitations: When to upgrade to a commercial PDF SDK

Hulya Masharipov

PDF.js limitations: When to upgrade to a commercial PDF SDK

How to extract text from a PDF in JavaScript: PDF.js and Nutrient (2026)

Yasoob Khalid

How to extract text from a PDF in JavaScript: PDF.js and Nutrient (2026)

Convert HTML to PDF in JavaScript with html2pdf.js

Hulya Masharipov

Convert HTML to PDF in JavaScript with html2pdf.js

HTML to PDF in JavaScript: Five libraries compared (2026)

Nicolas Dular

HTML to PDF in JavaScript: Five libraries compared (2026)

How to extract text from a PDF

Patrik Weiskircher

How to extract text from a PDF

Top JavaScript PDF generator libraries for 2026

Hulya Masharipov

Top JavaScript PDF generator libraries for 2026

JavaScript PDF editor tutorial using pdf‑lib

Veronica Marini

JavaScript PDF editor tutorial using pdf‑lib

React’s useTransition: The hook you’re probably using wrong

Miguel Calderón

React’s useTransition: The hook you’re probably using wrong

How to build a React PDF viewer with react-pdf (2026)

Hulya Masharipov

How to build a React PDF viewer with react-pdf (2026)

Open Excel (XLS/XLSX) files in the browser

Hulya Masharipov

Open Excel (XLS/XLSX) files in the browser

Populate all signature fields in documents

Veronica Marini

Populate all signature fields in documents

How to use PDF.js to highlight text programmatically

Hulya Masharipov

How to use PDF.js to highlight text programmatically

Add a signature pad to PDF documents using JavaScript

Hulya Masharipov

Add a signature pad to PDF documents using JavaScript

How to add a watermark with Next.js

Miguel Calderón

How to add a watermark with Next.js

Build a book reader with PDF.js: Two-page spread view tutorial

Hulya Masharipov

Build a book reader with PDF.js: Two-page spread view tutorial

Creating and filling PDF forms programmatically in JavaScript

Teja Tatimatla

Creating and filling PDF forms programmatically in JavaScript

Complete guide to PDF.js

Hulya Masharipov

Complete guide to PDF.js

The keyboard shortcuts playbook: Taking control of keyboard events in Nutrient Web SDK

Omar Talaat

The keyboard shortcuts playbook: Taking control of keyboard events in Nutrient Web SDK

How to convert DOCX to PDF using JavaScript

Jonathan D. Rhyne

How to convert DOCX to PDF using JavaScript

Practical micro frontends: How we orchestrated multiple frameworks with single-spa

Michael Del Regno

Practical micro frontends: How we orchestrated multiple frameworks with single-spa

How to convert Excel to PDF using JavaScript

Jonathan D. Rhyne

How to convert Excel to PDF using JavaScript

How to convert PDF to JPG using JavaScript

Jonathan D. Rhyne

How to convert PDF to JPG using JavaScript

How to watermark a PDF using JavaScript

Jonathan D. Rhyne

How to watermark a PDF using JavaScript

Rich text PDF annotations: Managing XHTML and annotation property synchronization

Mahmoud Elsayad

Rich text PDF annotations: Managing XHTML and annotation property synchronization

Real-time updates using WebSockets

Gerson Leiva

Real-time updates using WebSockets

Best JavaScript PDF libraries 2025: A complete guide to viewers, generators, and enterprise solutions

Hulya Masharipov

Best JavaScript PDF libraries 2025: A complete guide to viewers, generators, and enterprise solutions

How to convert TIFF files to PDF using JavaScript

Jonathan D. Rhyne

How to convert TIFF files to PDF using JavaScript

JavaScript PDF generation: Methods, libraries, and best practices

Hulya Masharipov

JavaScript PDF generation: Methods, libraries, and best practices

How to delete PDF pages using JavaScript

Jonathan D. Rhyne

How to delete PDF pages using JavaScript

PDF.js vs. Nutrient: The best PDF.js alternative for enterprise web apps

Hulya Masharipov

PDF.js vs. Nutrient: The best PDF.js alternative for enterprise web apps

How to build an HTML5 image viewer

Hulya Masharipov

How to build an HTML5 image viewer

How to build an HTML5 PDF viewer

Hulya Masharipov

How to build an HTML5 PDF viewer

How to build an HTML5 PowerPoint (PPT and PPTX) viewer

Hulya Masharipov

How to build an HTML5 PowerPoint (PPT and PPTX) viewer

Evolution of web development: Nostalgia, growth, and AI innovation

Rachel Moore

Evolution of web development: Nostalgia, growth, and AI innovation

How to duplicate a PDF page using JavaScript

Jonathan D. Rhyne

How to duplicate a PDF page using JavaScript

PDF annotations with JavaScript — A complete overview

Hussain Arif

PDF annotations with JavaScript — A complete overview

How to build a React.js image viewer

Hulya Masharipov

How to build a React.js image viewer

How to build a React.js PDF viewer with Nutrient

Hulya Masharipov

How to build a React.js PDF viewer with Nutrient

How to build a JavaScript image viewer with Viewer.js

Hulya Masharipov

How to build a JavaScript image viewer with Viewer.js

How to build a Svelte PDF viewer

Hulya Masharipov

How to build a Svelte PDF viewer

Convert DOCX to PDF in JavaScript: A step‑by‑step guide

Hulya Masharipov

Convert DOCX to PDF in JavaScript: A step‑by‑step guide

How to build an Angular PDF viewer with PDF.js

Hulya Masharipov

How to build an Angular PDF viewer with PDF.js

Create a PDF viewer in Bootstrap 5 with PDF.js

Hulya Masharipov

Create a PDF viewer in Bootstrap 5 with PDF.js

How to build a JavaScript PDF viewer with Nutrient

Hulya Masharipov

How to build a JavaScript PDF viewer with Nutrient

How to flatten a PDF using JavaScript

Jonathan D. Rhyne

How to flatten a PDF using JavaScript

Vue PDF generation: Convert HTML to PDF with html2pdf.js in Vue.js

Veronica Marini

Vue PDF generation: Convert HTML to PDF with html2pdf.js in Vue.js

How to print PDFs in the browser with PDF.js (three easy methods)

Hulya Masharipov

How to print PDFs in the browser with PDF.js (three easy methods)

How to build an Angular image viewer

Hulya Masharipov

How to build an Angular image viewer

Build an Angular PDF viewer with ng2-pdf-viewer

Hulya Masharipov

Build an Angular PDF viewer with ng2-pdf-viewer

How to build a jQuery PDF viewer with PDF.js

Hulya Masharipov

How to build a jQuery PDF viewer with PDF.js

How to build a JavaScript image viewer

Hulya Masharipov

How to build a JavaScript image viewer

HTML to PDF in React: Convert HTML to PDF using html2pdf.js

Hulya Masharipov

HTML to PDF in React: Convert HTML to PDF using html2pdf.js

How to merge PDFs using JavaScript

Jonathan D. Rhyne

How to merge PDFs using JavaScript

How to split PDFs using JavaScript

Jonathan D. Rhyne

How to split PDFs using JavaScript

How to build a PDF viewer with Remix and Nutrient

Igor Perzić

How to build a PDF viewer with Remix and Nutrient

Adding JavaScript digital signatures in PDFs: A full guide

Yasoob Khalid

Adding JavaScript digital signatures in PDFs: A full guide

How to merge PDFs using an SDK: A developer’s guide

Hulya Masharipov

How to merge PDFs using an SDK: A developer’s guide

How to make PDFs fillable

Hulya Masharipov

How to make PDFs fillable

Using JavaScript in PDF form fields

Christoph Mantler

Using JavaScript in PDF form fields

How to Build a Vue.js PDF Viewer with PDF.js

Hulya Masharipov

How to Build a Vue.js PDF Viewer with PDF.js

How to build an Electron PDF viewer with PDF.js

Miguel Calderón

How to build an Electron PDF viewer with PDF.js

How to build a TypeScript PDF viewer with PDF.js

Hulya Masharipov

How to build a TypeScript PDF viewer with PDF.js

Top JavaScript PDF editors for your web applications

Hulya Masharipov

Top JavaScript PDF editors for your web applications

Build a powerful JavaScript document viewer and editor

Hulya Masharipov

Build a powerful JavaScript document viewer and editor

How to use WebAssembly modules in a web worker

Ritesh Kumar

How to use WebAssembly modules in a web worker

WebAssembly for high-performance document tasks

Jonathan D. Rhyne

WebAssembly for high-performance document tasks

WebAssembly: A New Hope

Philipp Spiess

WebAssembly: A New Hope

Open and annotate PDFs from your Vue.js app

Miguel Calderón

Open and annotate PDFs from your Vue.js app

How to build a Vue.js Word (DOC and DOCX) viewer using Nutrient

Hulya Masharipov

How to build a Vue.js Word (DOC and DOCX) viewer using Nutrient

How to use JavaScript to capture signatures in PDFs

Hulya Masharipov

How to use JavaScript to capture signatures in PDFs

Why I chose Deno to automate my summary of the day

Guillermo Peralta Scura

Why I chose Deno to automate my summary of the day

Open Word documents in the browser with JavaScript

Hulya Masharipov

Open Word documents in the browser with JavaScript

How to Build an Excel (XLS/XLSX) Viewer in JavaScript

Hulya Masharipov

How to Build an Excel (XLS/XLSX) Viewer in JavaScript

How to build a Word (DOC/DOCX) viewer in JavaScript

Hulya Masharipov

How to build a Word (DOC/DOCX) viewer in JavaScript

How to build a Vue.js Excel (XLS and XLSX) viewer

Hulya Masharipov

How to build a Vue.js Excel (XLS and XLSX) viewer

How to build a Word (DOC and DOCX) viewer using HTML5

Hulya Masharipov

How to build a Word (DOC and DOCX) viewer using HTML5

How to convert Excel (XLS/XLSX) to PDF in JavaScript

Hulya Masharipov

How to convert Excel (XLS/XLSX) to PDF in JavaScript

Elixir Idioms for JavaScript Developers

Oghenerukevwe Henrietta Kofi

Elixir Idioms for JavaScript Developers

How to build a PowerPoint (PPT/PPTX) viewer in JavaScript

Hulya Masharipov

How to build a PowerPoint (PPT/PPTX) viewer in JavaScript

Using a Webcam as an Image Input Source

Igor Perzić

Using a Webcam as an Image Input Source

How to build a Tauri PDF viewer with Nutrient

Patrik Simic

How to build a Tauri PDF viewer with Nutrient

How to Build a Web Component PDF Viewer with PSPDFKit

Igor Perzić

How to Build a Web Component PDF Viewer with PSPDFKit

Calling .NET Code from Your JavaScript Project

Nick Winder

Calling .NET Code from Your JavaScript Project

How to generate PDF invoices in Node.js using PDFKit

Hulya Masharipov

How to generate PDF invoices in Node.js using PDFKit

How to Build a TypeScript PDF Viewer with PSPDFKit

Hulya Masharipov

How to Build a TypeScript PDF Viewer with PSPDFKit

How to Build a Vue.js Image Viewer with PSPDFKit

Hulya Masharipov

How to Build a Vue.js Image Viewer with PSPDFKit

Practical Uses of Object URLs

Miguel Calderón

Practical Uses of Object URLs

How to generate PDF reports from HTML in Node.js

Hulya Masharipov

How to generate PDF reports from HTML in Node.js

HTTP Caching 101

Veronica Marini

HTTP Caching 101

PDF certificate generation in Node.js

Hulya Masharipov

PDF certificate generation in Node.js

Generate PDF invoices in Node.js

Hulya Masharipov

Generate PDF invoices in Node.js

How to build a Vue.js PDF viewer

Hulya Masharipov

How to build a Vue.js PDF viewer

How to build an Angular PDF viewer

Hulya Masharipov

How to build an Angular PDF viewer

Creating Images from Text on the Web Using Canvas

Guillermo Peralta Scura

Creating Images from Text on the Web Using Canvas

Processing PDF Files in a Browser Using JavaScript

Tomáš Šurín

Processing PDF Files in a Browser Using JavaScript

How to Open a PDF in React Native Using the Document Picker

Rad Azzouz

How to Open a PDF in React Native Using the Document Picker

How to generate PDF receipts from HTML in Node.js

Hulya Masharipov

How to generate PDF receipts from HTML in Node.js

Load Testing PSPDFKit Server

Reinhard Hafenscher

Load Testing PSPDFKit Server

Approaches to Undo and Redo

Miguel Calderón

Approaches to Undo and Redo

How to generate PDF event tickets

Nick Winder

How to generate PDF event tickets

Image annotation in Vue.js: A simple guide

Veronica Marini

Image annotation in Vue.js: A simple guide

Frontend Performance Enhancements at PSPDFKit

Lucas Nezwal

Frontend Performance Enhancements at PSPDFKit

Keeping Up with JavaScript Pointer Events

James Campbell

Keeping Up with JavaScript Pointer Events

Data-Driven Redaction in Web

Ritesh Kumar

Data-Driven Redaction in Web

The Generalized CRUD API of PSPDFKit for Web

Tomáš Šurín

The Generalized CRUD API of PSPDFKit for Web

The State of Debugging in WebAssembly

Nick Winder

The State of Debugging in WebAssembly

Revealed area annotation implementation guide

Marco Scannadinari

Revealed area annotation implementation guide

Generate TypeScript Declarations from a Flow Codebase

Ritesh Kumar

Generate TypeScript Declarations from a Flow Codebase

Serving PDFs with Express.js

William Meleyal

Serving PDFs with Express.js

Integrating PSPDFKit with GatsbyJS

Miguel Calderón

Integrating PSPDFKit with GatsbyJS

Open PDFs in a Svelte App with PSPDFKit

Guillermo Peralta Scura

Open PDFs in a Svelte App with PSPDFKit

Open PDFs in a Next.js App with PSPDFKit

Ritesh Kumar

Open PDFs in a Next.js App with PSPDFKit

Creating a Web Component with PDF.js

Jonathan D. Rhyne

Creating a Web Component with PDF.js

Adding Custom Localization to PSPDFKit for Web

Veronica Marini

Adding Custom Localization to PSPDFKit for Web

PDF Features for Writing and Sharing Scientific Research

Daniel Martín

PDF Features for Writing and Sharing Scientific Research

React Redux's New Features

Miguel Calderón

React Redux's New Features

Smoother Interactions on the Web: getCoalescedEvents()

Miguel Calderón

Smoother Interactions on the Web: getCoalescedEvents()

How to Manipulate Annotations Programmatically in Cordova

Rad Azzouz

How to Manipulate Annotations Programmatically in Cordova

How to Create a Game with PDF and JavaScript

Daniel Martín

How to Create a Game with PDF and JavaScript

Add a watermark to a PDF on the web

Giuseppe Gurgone

Add a watermark to a PDF on the web

Open PDF Documents with ReasonML

Miguel Calderón

Open PDF Documents with ReasonML

How to extend React Native APIs for Windows

Nick Winder

How to extend React Native APIs for Windows

Sharing Business Logic Using React Native

Reinhard Hafenscher

Sharing Business Logic Using React Native

Open PDFs in an Angular App with PSPDFKit

Giuseppe Gurgone

Open PDFs in an Angular App with PSPDFKit

How to program a calculator in a PDF

Daniel Martín

How to program a calculator in a PDF

Running Native Code in Electron and the Case for WebAssembly

Philipp Spiess

Running Native Code in Electron and the Case for WebAssembly

An Introduction to Stimulus.js

William Meleyal

An Introduction to Stimulus.js

How to Add PDF Support to Your Web App in No Time

Martin Schurrer

How to Add PDF Support to Your Web App in No Time

Native View Controllers and React Native - It Just Works™

Ben Kraus

Native View Controllers and React Native - It Just Works™

Linting and Code Formatting at PSPDFKit

Daniel Martín

Linting and Code Formatting at PSPDFKit

Nutrient 💖 React Native

Julian Grosshauser

Nutrient 💖 React Native