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Project Overview
For the KendoReact Free Components Challenge, I developed an Invoice Management Dashboard, a React-based application built with Vite and styled with Tailwind CSS. The app streamlines invoice tracking, customer management, and financial analytics through four pages: Invoices Dashboard, Create Invoice, Manage Customers, and Invoice Statistics. It leverages 15 free KendoReact UI components to deliver a polished, accessible, and intuitive user experience, with React Router for navigation and React Context for state management.
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KendoReact Components Used
The application incorporates 15 free KendoReact components (exceeding the minimum requirement of 10):
Button: Triggers form submissions and customer actions (edit/delete).
ButtonGroup: Organizes form buttons (e.g., Submit/Reset) for cohesive UX.
Grid: Displays sortable, filterable lists of invoices and customers.
GridColumn: Defines Grid columns for invoice/customer data.
TextBox: Captures customer names and emails in forms.
NumericTextBox: Inputs invoice amounts with numeric validation.
DropDownList: Filters invoices by status and selects customers for invoices.
DatePicker: Selects invoice due dates.
Chart (with ChartSeries, ChartSeriesItem, ChartCategoryAxis, ChartCategoryAxisItem): Visualizes invoice status distribution via a pie chart.
Filter: Enables advanced filtering of invoices by client or amount.
Form (with Field, FormElement): Powers invoice and customer creation forms.
PanelBar (with PanelBarItem): Organizes filter options on the dashboard.
Notification: Displays success/error messages (e.g., “Invoice created”).
Dialog (with DialogActionsBar): Provides modals for editing customers.
TabStrip (with TabStripTab): Organizes statistics into Overview and Charts tabs.
Addressing the Judging Criteria
Use of Underlying Technology
The app maximizes KendoReact’s free components, integrating 15 across multiple pages. The Grid with built-in paging and filtering drives data exploration, while Form, TextBox, NumericTextBox, and DatePicker ensure robust data entry. The Chart visualizes invoice statuses, and Dialog and TabStrip enhance interactivity. React Context manages shared state, and React Router enables seamless navigation. Tailwind CSS complements KendoReact’s Default theme for a modern look.
[Optional: KendoReact AI Coding Assistant]I used the KendoReact AI Coding Assistant (30-day free trial) to generate the Grid’s paging and sorting configuration and streamline the Form’s validation logic. This accelerated development and ensured optimized code.
[Optional: Nuclia Integration]I integrated Nuclia’s RAG-as-a-service (14-day free trial) to add search functionality to the Customers page, enabling name/email searches that populate the Grid. Nuclia’s API was easy to set up, enhancing data retrieval.
(Remove or customize the above optional sections if you didn’t use these tools.)
Usability and User Experience
The app prioritizes usability:
A navbar provides quick access to all pages: Invoices Dashboard, Create Invoice, Manage Customers, and Invoice Statistics.
The Invoices Dashboard uses Grid and Filter for easy data navigation.
Create Invoice features a form with a customer DropDownList for accurate input.
Manage Customers supports adding, editing (via Dialog), and deleting customers, with Grid paging for scalability.
Invoice Statistics uses TabStrip to toggle between text summaries and charts.
Tailwind CSS ensures a responsive, mobile-friendly design.
Accessibility
KendoReact’s built-in ARIA attributes ensure WCAG compliance. I enhanced accessibility by:
Testing keyboard navigation (Tab/Enter keys) across Buttons, Forms, Grids, and Dialogs.
Verifying screen reader compatibility (e.g., NVDA) for Grid headers and Form labels.
Using Tailwind’s high-contrast colors and semantic HTML, confirmed by Lighthouse audits.
Creativity
The app stands out with:
A multi-page SPA using React Router for seamless navigation.
Customer-invoice integration via IDs, mimicking a relational database.
Dynamic statistics with TabStrip and Chart for actionable insights.
A scalable design with React Context, ready for future features like invoice editing or API integration.
Challenges and Learnings
KendoReact’s documentation made component integration straightforward. Aligning Tailwind CSS with KendoReact’s theme required careful scoping to avoid style conflicts. The Grid’s built-in paging simplified implementation compared to custom solutions. Future enhancements could include invoice editing and PDF exports using KendoReact utilities.
Team
Solo submission by @pratik_12b3f8bf3b50e48bae.
Source Code
GitHub Repository https://github.com/pratikdevelop/KendoReactCallahnge
Conclusion
This Invoice Management Dashboard demonstrates the versatility of KendoReact’s free components in building a professional, accessible, and creative application. I hope the judges find it a strong contender for the challenge!
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This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by Pratik