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An Electronic Document Collaboration Tool on React and Node.js. One Document, Every Reader and Writer.
/ The engagement
A Collaborative Document Management System.
The client is a Middle East intellectual, social, and cultural center that draws people from more than 60 nations. It wanted a Collaborative Document Management System that lets readers and authors work together on a shared document. Brainvire built the tool on React and Node.js, with PDF-based shared documents, real-time annotations, feedback, and comments, and AWS auto-scaling behind it.
/ About the client
As a Middle East intellectual, social, and cultural center, the client attracts a wide range of people from more than 60 nations to take part in its activities. To promote automated collaboration between readers and authors over a shared document such as a Word or Google Doc, the client wanted a Collaborative Document Management System that students, teachers, lawyers, financial institutions, and law firms could all use.
Brainvire built the requested solution to serve students, colleges, universities, writers, financial institutions, legal firms, and other document-driven platforms. The application supports PDF-formatted shared documents and real-time collaboration through annotations, feedback, and comments, with room to add video conferencing, file sharing, and recording as later communication options.
/ The approach
Design, architecture, and features, shipped as one program.
Built for real time
The tool needed live, multi-user editing, so React and Node.js power a responsive interface and a fast backend that keep readers and authors on the same document at once.
Shared as PDF
Users work over one source of truth, so the application supports PDF-formatted shared documents that people annotate, comment on, and feed back into without version confusion.
Sized for files
Document work is file-heavy, so each user receives 5 GB of free storage and can upload files up to 1 GB, which gives room for large shared documents.
Monitored on AWS
Usage rises and falls, so AWS auto-scaling monitors the application and adjusts capacity to keep constant performance for every user on the web and desktop versions.
/ What stood in the way
Four problems, solved without a maintenance window.
Select a challenge to see how it shaped the build.
Automated reader-writer collaboration
The client wanted automated collaboration between readers and authors over a shared document. The team built a Collaborative Document Management System on React and Node.js that supports PDF-based documents with real-time annotations, feedback, and comments.
Large shared file handling
Document work meant large files and heavy storage needs. The team gave each user 5 GB of free storage and the ability to upload files up to 1 GB in size, so sharing sizable documents stayed simple.
Consistent application performance
The application had to stay fast as usage changed. AWS auto-scaling monitors the application and adjusts capacity automatically, which keeps performance constant for every active user.
Access across web and desktop
Users needed to reach the tool from anywhere. The team delivered both internet and desktop versions of the application, so all users can collaborate through the interface that suits them.
/ Product screens
The delivered experience.
The interface people actually use.
/01Dashboard
/02Shared Document
/03Annotations
/04Comments
/05Storage
/06Screen 6/ The results
What changed, in numbers.
/ Next step
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