The most popular articles in 2019 on the IDRsolutions blog

At the end of the year, we like to review our most-read articles in 2019 and compile them so you can revisit them and discover new articles that you might find interesting.

So here is the list of our most popular articles in 2019:

Understanding the PDF File Format: Overview

Index of articles on the PDF File Format; Images in PDF; Colors in PDF; Text in PDF; Fonts in PDF; PDF Forms, Annotations & Interaction Elements; PDF Security; General interest articles and Making your own PDF file.

Java 8 vs Java 11-What are the key changes?

With Java 11 as the latest LTS release of Java, what is different between it and the previous LTS? This blog post points out the key differences between the two versions including New Features and Deprecations.

Top 9 Android Apps and IDE for Java Coders and Programmers

A guide of editors and IDEs you can use if you are on the go while giving you insight into what your Android phone or tablet can do in terms of coding and programming.

The top 11 Free IDE for Java Coding, Development & Programming

These IDEs offer a variety of features: building Java applications, TestNG, debugging, code inspections, code assistance, JUNIT testing, multiple refactoring, visual GUI builder and code editor, Java, Maven build tools, ant, do data modelling and build queries, and more.

Setting up VisualVM in under 5 minutes

Learn how to set up VisualVM for IntelliJ IDEA and Eclipse.

Image rotation in Java

Find out how to rotate an image in Java in 3 simple steps.

Image scaling options in Java

With Java, there are 3 built-in options for scaling images using interpolation(Bicubic, Bilinear and Nearest Neighbour). Here is a short explanation of all 3 of them and how to use them in Java with some sample code.

Using JavaFX with Java 11 or Higher

Need to use JavaFX in your application in Java 11 or higher? This article will show you where you can get the JavaFX SDK from and how to include it in a modular application.

Changes to Garbage Collection in Java 12

With Java 12 came new enhancements in Garbage collection, in this article we look into the new Garbage collection options such as Shenendoah and the enhancements to G1GC.

OpenJDK projects you should know about-Panama

During February we focused on OpenJDK projects you should know about and Panama was one of the most popular ones we talked about. Learn more about what is Project Panama, why it is important and how it will achieve its goal of making more accessible method native code.

More on this series: Valhalla, Loom, Skara and Amber.

Which of these articles had you read before? Let us know in the comments!