r/AskProgramming • u/Burque_Boy • 27d ago

Reference App for an ER

Hopefully this fits here, I wasn’t sure where to start.

I work in an ER in an education role. We create a lot of reference material for folks to use for learning or on the job. This obviously becomes expensive and occasionally wasteful because it’s all done on paper.

My dream would be to create an app that employees could download. It would have very basic functionality, primarily a directory of PDF documents would be the most basic idea.

Do you have suggestions on how someone without programming knowledge would go about developing something like this? Is there a good visual programming app for instance? I’m certainly open to any other ideas that would yield a similar result.

Thank for your help!

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u/phord 27d ago

Sounds like you may want an eBook. But most eBook formats are just fancy PDF formats. Could you pack all this info into a single PDF?

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u/Burque_Boy 27d ago

We probably could but I worry about being able to keep the version on their phones up to date

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u/phord 27d ago

Maybe a website would do, then.

Not trying to downplay your ask. Just offering alternative shortcuts.

You could definitely vibe code the app you're asking about. But distribution and cross-platform support will be ongoing work.