Theme-able CV Generator
Generates PDF and HTML for a CV written in XML
| Theme | CV | Cover Letter |
|---|---|---|
| Green |  |
 |
| Chimpy |  |
 |
| ZKB |  |
 |
| None |  |
 |
Only 3 standard packages are required:
sudo apt-get install libsaxonb-java libxml2-utils make`
First write your CV. Start from scratch or use my CV located at data/hongger/cv.xml as template.
The xml has to be well-formed and valid. I recommend to use an editor with XML Schema support. the free IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition (https://www.jetbrains.com/de-de/idea/download/) does this job very well.
The cv.xml should look like this one:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<cv xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="../../src/cv.xsd" international="false">
<layout type="cv">
<theme>green</theme>
</layout>
<person>
<forename>Simon</forename>
<name>Honegger</name>
<title>Bachelor of Science HES-SO in Informatik</title>
<contact>
<address>
<street>Hinterdorfstrasse</street>
<streetnumber>10</streetnumber>
<zip countryIsoCode="CH">8157</zip>
<location>Dielsdorf</location>
</address>
<phone type="cellPhone">
<countryCode>41</countryCode>
<areaCode>76</areaCode>
<number>386 82 56</number>
</phone>
<email>simon.honegger@gmail.com</email>
</contact>
<experience>12</experience>
<birthday day="22" month="7" year="1984"/>
<maritalStatus>ledig</maritalStatus>
<picture>cv_honegger_photo.jpg</picture>
</person>
<career title="Career">
<activity>
<from year="2019" month="06" style="plain" />
<to year="2020" month="04" style="plain"/>
<description>Some short description of the activity</description>
<certificate>Bachelor of Science HES-SO in Informatik (bilingue Franz./Deutsch)</certificate>
</activity>
</career>
<skills title="Skills">
<skillgroup title="Programming Languages">
<solidskill etc="false">
<skill id="java" logo="skills/java_ee.png">!?Java?!</skill>
<skill id="ruby">Ruby</skill>
</solidskill>
<goodskill etc="true">
<skill id="cplusplus" logo="skills/CPlusPlus.png">C++</skill>
</goodskill>
</skillgroup>
</skills>
<certificats title="Certificats">
<activity>
<date year="2011"/>
<description>Certified Secure Web Developer (CSWD)</description>
</activity>
</certificats>
<experiences title="Experiences">
<experiance>
<period>
<company name="Denteo AG" logo="logo_denteo.png" />
<from year="2019" month="06" style="plain" />
<to year="2020" month="04" style="plain"/>
<function>Full-Stack Senior Entwickler in Festanstellung</function>
<project title="Denteo - Dentalpraxis Cloud Software Startup" id="denteo">
<activity>A task done at this job</activity>
<activity>Another task done at this job</activity>
<skillrefs location="right" orientation="vertical">
<skillref>rails</skillref>
</skillrefs>
</project>
</period>
</experiance>
</experiences>
<projects title="Private Projects">
<activity link="https://github.com/Hoene84/CeeVee" id="ceevee">
<from year="2015"/>
<to style="text">Aktuell</to>
<title>CeeVee</title>
<description>CV Generator: XML -> HTML und PDF\!?Das Resultat?! wird z.Zt. kritisch betrachtet.</description>
<skillrefs location="right" orientation="horizontal">
<skillref>xml</skillref>
<skillref>html</skillref>
</skillrefs>
</activity>
</projects>
<trainings title="Trainings">
<activity>
<date year="2018" month="9"/>
<description>CH Open Workshop-Tage 2018</description>
</activity>
</trainings>
<languages title="Sprachen">
<skill id="de" level="native" logo="flags/flag-de.png">German</skill>
<skill id="fr" level="fluent" logo="flags/flag-fr.png">French</skill>
<skill id="en" level="good" logo="flags/flag-en.png">English</skill>
</languages>
</cv>Here is an example of a cover_letter XML:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<coverletter xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="../../src/cover_letter.xsd">
<layout type="cover_letter">
<theme>green</theme>
</layout>
<date day="05" month="5" year="2020"/>
<subject>Bewerbung als !?Full Stack-Entwickler?!</subject>
<content>
Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren,
</content>
<content>
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</content>
<salutation>Mit besten Grüssen,</salutation>
<fullname>Simon Honegger</fullname>
</coverletter>To generate, use on top level the command :
make
generates target/cv.html and target/cv.pdf using data/honegger/cv.xml
To generate a cover letter, use:
make PRODUCT=cover_letter
generates target/cover_letter.html and target/cover_letter.pdf using data/honegger/cover_letter.xml
To customize your input, use:
make DATA=yourname
generates target/cv.html and target/cv.pdf using data/yourname/cv.xml
Executing make after every change to check the results can be annoying. If you use IntelliJ to modify your source, the 'File Watchers' Plugin helps out here.
Just configure it to execute make on each save using this configuration:
File type: Any
Scope: All Changed Files
Program: make
Program: html
The target folder is excluded for git. If you want to publish the artifact use:
make example DATA=yourname
This regenerates the artifact and puts them in the example folder under data_name/first_theme/product.
After pushing, you can access the artifact under http://hoene84.github.io/CeeVee/example/[data_name]/[first_theme]/[product]/[product].html
validate: only validates the source xml
html: only generates html
pdf: generates pdf (and html as pre-step)
example: regenerates artifacts and puts them in the example folder under data_name/first_theme/product
create a css file style/theme_name.css
div.person
{
background-color: blue;
}to apply the style, add a theme tag to your XML:
...
<layout type="cover_letter">
<theme>theme_name</theme>
</layout>
...Multiple themes are allowed and applied in the order as declared
...
<layout type="cover_letter">
<theme>theme1</theme>
<theme>theme2</theme> <!-- extends and overwrites parts of theme1 -->
</layout>
...To highlight any passage in your CV, use the !? and ?! notation:
...
<content>
Some !?highlighted?! text
</content>
...this will transform to:
...
<div>
Some <span class=acc>highlighted</span> text
</div>
...therefore, to apply some custom style for highlighting, add some css attributes to the .acc class:
.acc {
color: #00bec8;
font-weight: 600;
}you get:
To add a line break, use the backslash notation:
...
<content>
A line brak after this\word
</content>
...this will transform to:
...
<div>
A line brak after this<br/>word
</div>
...you get:
word
create a js file js/alerter.js
alert('alert');to include the script, add a script tag to your XML:
...
<layout type="cover_letter">
<script>alerter</theme>
</layout>
...To include external script, use:
...
<layout type="cover_letter">
<extScript>https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/webfont/1.6.26/webfont.js</extScript>
<script>alerter</theme>
</layout>
...Also here, the declaration order matters.
data
- the content of your CV or cover letter in XML
- any assets used in your CV or cover letter
jsif you need some Javascript code to layout your CV or make it interactive, place it here.src
- transformation logic
- XML schemas defining valid input
style
- includable themes (css)
- if you want to customize your CV, place the CSS files here
target
- After successful generation, you will find the results here
examples
- some example results