Leon Atherton

  https://blog.idrsolutions.com/author/leon/ Leon is a developer at IDRsolutions and product manager for BuildVu. He oversees the BuildVu product strategy and roadmap in addition to spending lots of time writing code.

   



43 Stories by Leon Atherton

How to convert from BufferedImage to JavaFX 2.2 Image

Until recently, if you wanted to load a BufferedImage in JavaFX you were out of luck – the only way to do it was...
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Optimising conversion from float to String in Java

Lets say you have a very specific use case – you want to convert a float to a String in Java, and if the...
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NetBeans “Cannot locate java installation in specified jdkhome”?

I recently came across this message when opening NetBeans after updating my Java version. Cannot locate Java installation in...
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How to draw SVG on HTML 5 Canvas and why you might want to

One of the limitations of shapes in HTML 5 canvas is that only one fill rule is supported, which can lead to shapes not...
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SVG shapes not working in Firefox but fine in Chrome, Safari, IE & Opera?

After taking a sneak peak at upcoming PDF to SVG functionality for our Online Converter, I was disappointed to see that shapes were not...
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