Steve Bosman
Senior Consultant at Opencast
Walsall, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolSteve Bosman is a senior consultant and software engineer with over two decades of hands-on experience and eight years in senior roles delivering Java-centric web applications and database-driven systems. He brings deep expertise in Java (Spring, Struts, REST), SQL/PL-SQL and Oracle, alongside experience in C#, Oracle Forms, VB and legacy languages from an early-career scientific computing background. A former mathematician with a PhD, he combines rigorous analytical thinking with pragmatic engineering—evident in contributions modernizing classic open-source projects where he improved usability and robustness of JavaScript game implementations. Based in Walsall, UK, Steve excels at data transfer, synchronization and back-end reliability, often working across full-stack boundaries to ship maintainable systems. Colleagues rely on him for steady technical leadership in long-lived enterprise applications and thoughtful improvements to legacy codebases.
8 years of coding experience
26 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Mathematics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Mathematics at The University of ManchesterWestcliff High School for BoysBachelor's Degree, Mathematics, First Class (Hons), Bachelor's Degree, Mathematics, First Class (Hons) at Brunel University London
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Github Skills (14)
javascript10
game-development10
front-end-development10
oracle9
g8
gam8
basics8
datetime6
sharedpreferences6
sql6
android6
locale6
intellij-idea6
java6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
coding-horror/basic-computer-games
Jan 2022 - Feb 2022
An updated version of the classic "Basic Computer Games" book, with well-written examples in a variety of common MEMORY SAFE, SCRIPTING programming languages. See https://coding-horror.github.io/basic-computer-games/
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:60 commits, 3 PRs, 1 comment in 10 days
Contributions summary:Steve modernized and improved the JavaScript implementation of the "16 Bug" game within the repository. Their work included introducing named variables, case-insensitive input handling, and correctly implementing a delay function to improve user experience. The changes also involved ensuring the page scrolls correctly when the output becomes too long. These updates reflect a focus on improving the existing game logic and usability.
memorygamebasic-computer-gamesscriptinggames
stevebosman/angles
Apr 2020 - Mar 2023
Kotlin class Angle to encapsulate maths relating to rotations and angles
Contributions:4 releases, 28 PRs, 21 pushes in 2 years 11 months
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