Mako’s Doxygen Documentation The Mako SDK has quite a large surface area, all diligently commented by our engineers to produce Doxygen documentation. Having all this high-quality documentation at our customers’ fingertips is one of the strong benefits of our SDK. This all sounds great, but some feedback that we hear Read more…
As a Mentor for our Graduate Program, I’m excited to announce that our intake for this year is now open! We’re seeking graduates with a degree in Computer Sciences or Mathematics or someone who may already be in a C++ software development role with up to 3 years work experience. Read more…
MEF and .NET Standard I’ve been working on a new side project recently which has really got me excited again! There’s not too much to tell about it just yet, but one of its aims is to create a highly configurable and modular way of creating screening workflows. As a Read more…
My current role sees me as a principal engineer, but in previous roles, I’ve also been a ScrumMaster and try as I might, I can’t quite throw off that ScrumMaster mindset. Recently I’ve been looking at our Scrum process, and it seems that since the transition of our final team Read more…
Welcome to the Global Graphics Software Shed! Come in, pull up a chair and make yourself at home. What is the Shed? The Shed is our creative outlet and learning environment. It provides a physical space within the Global Graphics offices for us to let loose and try some new technology. Read more…
I’ve finally got my hands on the pre-release of Mako 4.4, and I’m excited to say that it comes with a brand new structure tagging API. Following on from my earlier post about AI and content searching, I’ve been waiting for this release to take it a step further. In Read more…
I work a lot with the Mako SDK, creating various samples and technology demonstrators. It’s great fun to get to play with the SDK so regularly, but the only snag is all the boilerplate setup that come with using a native C++ libraries and DLLs. More or less, each time Read more…
Searching in PDF documents has never been an easy, or pleasurable task. From a user’s point of view, it seems like it should be trivial to implement. All the text is there on the page, why can’t it find what I’m searching for? Sometimes when you need to find something Read more…
Reducing our paper footprint is something most of us aim to do, even if sometimes we’re not that successful. It can save money, time, and not to mention, the odd tree or two. If we can keep our digital lives, digital and avoid printing, all the better, right? But sometimes it’s Read more…