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.

   



203 Stories by Mark Stephens

3 Reasons Why JDeli Is A Better ImageIO alternative

Java developers looking for ImageIO alternatives know the pain that comes with its problems. Writing image files in certain formats often fails silently (especially...
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Hacking the NetBeans IDE

At my recent Oracle CodeOne talk on Hacking the NetBeans IDE, I promised to publish the screenshots of my code with some comments. I...
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Why we wrote our own Java JPEG 2000 libraries

What is JPEG 2000? JPEG 2000 is an important image file format which offers significant benefits over JPEG. For our specific usage it does...
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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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