Blank review and blank PDFs generated while doing export on Linux

[varunu28]

BUG

Issue

Blank review on Linux and blank PDFs on export

Info

• Operating System: LINUX
• Node-Version: v8.8.1

Reproduce

Step 1: Done the editing in resume folder

Step 2: Running the review on dev server

The review runs on host 8080 but when I click on the template, it is blank

Step 3: npm run export creates the pdf in PDF folder but all the pdf are blank

[tapasrm]

+1 Getting the same issue now on OSX. Was working fine few days back. Today I edited my resume a bit and ran npm run dev and npm run export both returned blank pdfs.

[lomboboo]

+1, confirming that on Ubuntu 16, node v8.5.0 the same issue as described above

[lomboboo]

So after quick debugging I found why it didn't work for me. I had nothing to do with operating system or Node. I had line like that:

education:
- degree: Master’s degree: Computer Science // colon ( : ) after 'degree'

So colon as a symbol inside string breaks the app. String should be surrounded with quotes or replacing ':' with something else.

[FabianCdx]

+1 Getting the same issue and i checked my text no colons, komma and dots still getting blank pages..

[lomboboo]

@FabianCdx , try to debug. I kept standard application .yml file and replaced each line with my own, one by one. Every time I replace a line I ran export to test if it works. That way you can find the line that causes the problem.

Or maybe insert here your yml file and I will try to help.

[FabianCdx]

@lomboboo thank you lomboboo i will insert the file here later when i am back at home.

[FabianCdx]

@lomboboo here's the data.yml code

/* #*/ export const PERSON = `
name:
  first: Roubie
  middle: Frobiae
  last: Rin-Thething
about: Hi, my name is Roubie Frobiae. I"m just about the most boring type of person you could
       possibly imagine. I like collecting leaves from the tree in my back yard and documenting
       each time I eat a peanut that is non-uniform. I am not a robot. Please hire me.
position: IT Specialist for Application Development

birth:
  year: 1997
  location: Rolitfotl

experience:
- company: KIO Shi Solution
  position: Developer
  timeperiod: since September 2017
  description: Development of alien systems

- company: Rudis GmbH
  position: Frontend Developer
  timeperiod: September 2016 - Februar 2017
  description: Shopware CMS JavaScript & CSS3

education:
- degree: Dr.-Roy-Jones-School Fueefh
  timeperiod: September 2013 - June 2015
  description: Intermediate lorem-ipsum chipripsos (Sausage)

# skill level goes 0 to 100
skills:
- name: HTML5
  level: 99
- name: CSS3
  level: 87
- name: Java
  level: 78
- name: JavaScript
  level: 50
- name: Cplusplus
  level: 45
- name: C-Sharp
  level: 60
  name: Unity
  level: 70

knowledge: Also proficient in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and Cinema 4D.

contact:
  email: Roubiefourbie at outlook dot com
  phone: 1337
  street: Grove Street 24
  city: Compton  California  USA
  website: Roubiefourbie dot de
  github: FabianCdx
# en, de, fr, pt, ca, cn, it, es, th, pt-br, ru, sv, id, hu, pl, ja, ka, nl, he, zh-tw, lt, ko, el
lang: en
`

[lomboboo]

@FabianCdx , I found the issue. On line 43 you have:

- name: C-Sharp
  level: 60
  name: Unity
  level: 70

You missed dash "-" before second name key parameter. So just fix it as follows:

- name: C-Sharp
  level: 60
- name: Unity
  level: 70

and it will compile.
Btw., maybe it is a good idea to provide yml validation, something like Symfony has for example.

[FabianCdx]

Thank you @lomboboo