Mark Stephens

  https://www.idrsolutions.com Mark founded the company and has worked with Java and PDF since 1997. The original creator of the core code, he is also a NetBeans enthusiast who enjoys speaking at conferences and reading. He holds an Athletics Blue and an MA in Mediaeval History from St. Andrews University.

   



194 Stories by Mark Stephens

How to choose JPEG versus JPEG 2000 for image files

Since we started to support both JPEG and JPEG 2000 as image file outputs in our software, we have found that this is a...
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Book Review: Future Politics (Living together in  a world transformed by Tech) by Jamie Susskind

The latest book by Jamie Susskind is a must-read for anyone who wanders (or worries) how technology might change and impact society. Richard Susskind...
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3 ways in which Java modules will change the way you write code

This month we are looking at which version of Java you should be running. In our other articles, we look at Java 8 vs Java...
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Which JDK should I use now?

Updated on 25th September 2019 The official release of Java13 was last week while we were also attending Oracle’s CodeOne conference. Having attended lots...
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What is Skara (and why does it matter)?

This month we are focusing on OpenJDK projects you should know about. In this post, we will be covering Project Skara. In other posts we...
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Adding multi-jar and Jigsaw support to JPedal and JDeli

One of the really exciting features added into Java 9 was the ability to have a multi-jar release. This means if you want to...
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