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

What is the minimum version of Java to support?

With a new version of Java released every 6 months, and Java 17 just out, this has become a much more challenging decision. If...
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Entreprenerd by Bruno Lowagie reviewed

If you work with PDF files, the chances are you will have heard of Itext. Even if you have never heard of iText, you...
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How to Rasterize PDF files in Java (Tutorial)

In this tutorial we show you how to rasterize a PDF file into an image in Java. You will need an external library to...
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How to test image performance of Java libraries with JMH and IDEA IDE

What is JMH? Java Microbench mark Harness is a very nice, free tool which allows you to create Java performance tests. This set of...
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How to setup SonarQube

This article shows you how to setup the excellent free code quality tool SonarQube. There are many different ways to set up SonarQube, depending...
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How to find PDF page size in Java (Tutorial)

PDF files are not directly supported by Java. This tutorial shows you how to extract PDF page size (height and width) from a PDF...
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