pathak107/PathLabElectron

PathLabLite

PathLabLite is a desktop application for all the pathology lab tests needs.

Features:

• Manage Test Data, create your own tests add their parameters.
• Report generation. User can fill the results of a test in report and a PDF will be generated automatically.
• Bill generation. UI gives a simple way of creating new bill, simply add info about patient and the tests required and done, the software will generate a bill PDF which can be printed.

Tech Stack

• Electron.js (Only windows is supported for now)
• React
• Chakra UI (CSS component library for react)
• Sequelize and Sqlite
• EJS (To convert html templates into html for pdf generation)
• Electron-store (For storing app settings)
• Electron-builder (For packaging, distributing and auto update)

Yet to implement

• Feature: Upload report pdfs to web, generate a URL and send the URL to the patient via an SMS.
• electron-logger for better logging and a way to notify when some error occurs during production
• Auto pulling of Test data from a server when new Test Data is published.
• Change the menu items for browser window.

How to use

Makefile Targets

1. make build builds and the application in /builds/dist directory for linux
2. make publish buils the application for windows by running a docker container.
3. make clean will delete the build folder

Development

1. Clone the repo and install the required npm dependencies using npm install in both the root directory and public directory.
2. All the react code is in ./src and electron code is in ./public/src
3. Run npm start at root dir to start the local dev server for react.
4. Once react app is running cd public and run npm run electron or npm start

Package

1. Run npm build this will create an optimized build for react app.
2. cd build and npm run dist will generate a dist folder in build folder which will have the installer.

Release for windows on linux

1. Run npm build this will create an optimized build for react app.
2. cd build
3. Change the publish key in package.json as per your github.
4. Run the following command to run a docker container with volume attached as your current directory. Remember to pass github access token GH_TOKEN=<your token> if not present as env variable on your system. sudo docker run --rm -ti --env ELECTRON_CACHE="/root/.cache/electron" --env ELECTRON_BUILDER_CACHE="/root/.cache/electron-builder" --env GH_TOKEN=$GH_TOKEN -v ${PWD}:/project -v ${PWD##*/}-node-modules:/project/node_modules -v ~/.cache/electron:/root/.cache/electron -v ~/.cache/electron-builder:/root/.cache/electron-builder electronuserland/builder:wine
5. Once inside the container run npm run publish. This will build the app and produce a github release draft.

Task Notes:

1. Option to include gst or not
2. Auto Update events implementation
3. Option to remove contact numbers in settings
4. Option to add and remove test parameters
5. Option to delete tests or any resources
6. Referred Doctor implementation
7. paid, balance, payment_type etc implementation
8. Filter mechanism
9. SMS, email etc checkbox and implentation
10. Selection for header, footer etc customization whilre creating the report