Gerard Byrne Author

Gerard Byrne is Senior Technical Trainer for a US-based Forbes 100 company. He works to up-skill and re-skill software engineers who develop business-critical software applications. He also helps refine the programming skills of "returners" to the workforce, and introduces new graduates to the application of software development within the commercial environment.

Gerard's subject expertise has been developed over a multi-decade career as a teacher, lecturer, and technical trainer in a corporate technology environment. He has delivered a range of courses across computer languages and frameworks, and understands how to teach skills and impart knowledge to a range of learners. He has taught people in the use of legacy technologies such as COBOL and JCL and more "modern" technologies and frameworks such as C#, Java, Spring, Android, JavaScript, Node, HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, React, Python, and Test-Driven Development.

Gerard has mastered how to teach difficult concepts in a simple way that makes learning accessible and enjoyable. The content of his notes, labs, and other materials follow the simple philosophy of keeping it simple, while making the instructions detailed. He is passionate about software development and believes we can all learn to write code if we are patient and understand the basic coding concepts.