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.

   



193 Stories by Mark Stephens

Why we have abandoned ImageIO and JAI for Image support in our commercial Java code

At IDRsolutions, we are now using our own Java Image Library (JDeli, the best enterprise-level Java image library for performance and efficiency) as a...
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Converting a Swing application into JavaFX – Listeners and fast scrolling

Recently, I have been working on producing a PDF Viewer, which uses both Swing and JavaFX, in our JPedal PDF library. This has involved a...
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What is the difference between Java and JavaFX?

In my last article I explained the difference between HTML5 and SVG. Since then, another request has been for a simple answer to the...
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HTML and SVG Explained (Along with Use Cases)

In his article I will explain what is HTML and SVG, how they’re related and which might be suited for your use case. What...
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Try your hand at Minecraft Gaming (and Java coding) in San Francisco

JavaOne is less than a month away so I will be highlighting some of the interesting events going on at JavaOne or in San...
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How to convert Microsoft Office documents to PDF, HTML5 or SVG

As this is a question we get asked a lot at IDRsolutions, I decided to write a blog article on the topic, which may...
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