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.
JavaOne always starts with a big Community event and NetBeans day this year had an extra buzz with the big news about the license changes and impending NetBeans 8.2 release. Here are first 2 sessions and pictures from NetBeans Day 2016…. Picture Gallery from NetBeans Day 2016 9.15 What’s Going On in the NetBeans Ecosystem? …
You wait ages for a really good conference to come along, and then 2 arrive at once. In September, several of the IDRsolutions Team are heading off to America for 2 big events… Business of Software 2016 (Boston) Business of Software is now in its 10th year. It is a small, intimate conference aimed at people…
Traditionally, we have made available both a signed JPedal jar and an unsigned jar on our downloads page. The unsigned jar is the one most of customers downloaded because having a signature on the jar interfere with their own build processes. The only reason for having a signed jar was for customer who wanted to…
This week sees a major update to our online PDF converter. This free service uses our Java-based PDF to HTML5 & SVG converter, which we sell commercially to clients across the globe to run on their servers or build into their applications. This week, you will find there are THREE significant changes. 1. We have…
Today sees the start of the NetCat 8.2 test program. NetCat is the Community Test program that Oracle runs for each new release of NetBeans once it has completed its development and internal testing. It is only when you ask real users to use software that you find the real issues…. NetCat programs have run…
