Android is a Linux-based operating system designed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet computers. Initially developed by Android, Inc and later the platform was bought out by Google.
Android is open source and permissive licensing allows the software to be freely modified and distributed by device manufacturers, and enthusiast developers. Additionally, Android has a large community of developers writing applications (“apps”) that extend the functionality of devices, written primarily in a customized version of the Java programming language.
In October this year we attended and exhibited at the world’s biggest Java conference (JavaOne) which is based in San Francisco. When exhibiting at a conference like JavaOne there are things which need to be organized months in advance, it is really important that you also want to cover all bases so you don’t forget…
I like to get down to coding and lock myself away so I can focus on getting things done without interruption. But I also need the opportunity to learn new things, step back, meet other developers and recharge my enthusiasm. My favourite way to achieve this is with a conference. One of my favourite conferences…
Recently at IDR Solutions my collegues have spent a lot of time traveling to different conferences such as JavaOne and more recently DevFest. One of the complaints my colleagues have is the amount of luggage they have to carry, especially when they still want to work on code for our Java PDF Library, Java Image…
I spend a lot of time working with fonts in our PDF to HTML5 Converter and have found that the set up for rendering fonts on the web is pretty complex. Browsers need to run on many different platforms, and so use a range of different font rendering engines – sometimes provided by the operating…
At IDR Solutions lately I have been extremely busy with the preparation for the biggest event for Java, ‘JavaOne 2014’, and found that sometimes I can get overwhelmed, especially when attending big events and conferences like JavaOne. To help with preparation, Ive ensured that I should travel light and keep track and control everything from…
