Open-source software (OSS) is computer software with its source code made available and licensed with a license in which the copyright holder provides the rights to study, change and distribute the software to anyone and for any purpose.

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Top 8 IDEs for Programmers, Coders and Beginners on…

At IDR Solutions we spend a lot of our time developing JPedal (our Java PDF Library), JDeli (our Java Image Library) and BuildVu (our PDF...
Alex Marshall
4 min read

The merits of Open Source vs Closed Source (Proprietary)…

At IDR Solutions we are big fans of Open Source Software and use it in our day-to-day lives a lot along with a variety...
Alex Marshall
3 min read

Remotely deploy projects to the Raspberry Pi using NetBeans…

The Raspberry Pi is not a very powerful device, however as it is so flexible, it is a very useful machine to have to...
Richard Bound
2 min read

What we love and hate about Java IDEs –…

Last time I mentioned that I’d be writing a series of articles about integrated development environments (IDE) and what we love and hate about them....
Alex Marshall
1 min read

Is JPedal free?

There was an interesting question posted on stack overflow asking ‘Is JPedal free?’ It is a intriguing question so let us unpack it and...
Mark Stephens
1 min read