Mark Stephens has been working with Java and PDF since 1999 and has diversified into HTML5, SVG and JavaFX.
He also enjoys speaking at conferences and has been a Speaker at user groups, Business of Software, Seybold and JavaOne conferences. He has a very dry sense of humor and an MA in Medieval History for which he has not yet found a practical use.
In my previous article, I worked on code quality in NetBeans IDE. In this article, I am using IntelliJ IDEA to improve my Java code. IDEA has plugins to support PMD and FindBugs and SonarCube but it also comes with its own static analysis capabilities. The Analyse menu gives you the option to Inspect code…
One of our New Year’s resolutions for 2018 at IDRsolutions was to give the code base a thorough review and tidy. It has been written over the last 15 years and there are lots of areas which can be improved in 2018 (using newer Java constructs, rewriting with hindsight, repaying technical debt, removing used code,…
2018 sees the introduction of a new law after a 2 year transition period. The General Data Protection Regulation will have an impact on any companies selling into any European Union country (regardless of their location). These rules have teeth and the full weight of the European Court of Justice behind them. Failure to comply…
We have some exciting news to share with you at the start of 2018…. Since we launched our PDF conversion products in 2011, the market has change considerably. The software has also become far more powerful and the product names no longer fully make it clear what the software actually does. So we have taken…
Remote working can be a key competitive advantage for many companies. Benefits include a much wider range of potential staff (who are much happier and better motivated), lower office costs, better diversity and the ability to run a 24×7 operation for your clients. But successful remote working does not just happen. It needs active support…
