Bruce Webster

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Bruce Webster

Bruce F. Webster is an American academic and software engineer. He is currently a principal at Bruce F. Webster & Associates and an adjunct professor in computer science at Brigham Young University.

Early life and education[]

Webster studied computer science at Brigham Young University, graduating in 1978 with a bachelor's degree. He had received a full National Merit Scholarship for his studies.[1] He went on to do graduate work in computer science at the University of Houston-Clear Lake in Houston, Texas.[2]

Career[]

Webster, since 1980, has written over 150 articles on the computer industry and software development. He has also written four books on information technology (IT) issues, including The NeXT book, Pitfalls of Object-Oriented Development, and Object-Oriented Programming for Dummies, while contributing to two others. He authored PricewaterhouseCoopers' 2000 white paper, Patterns in IT Litigation: System Failure. He also wrote for two years as an IT management columnist for Baseline.[2]

Webster performed the co-design and programming of the original Apple II version of the computer game SunDog: Frozen Legacy for FTL Games.[3] The game was somewhat of a success and is still recognized today as one of the landmark games for early home computers.[citation needed]

Webster went on to write for BYTE and Macworld and taught computer science at his alma mater of Brigham Young University. He later went on to help found another software startup (), where he served as Chief Technical Officer and chief software architect for five years.[citation needed] Webster is teaching at BYU once again, instructing senior-level software engineering courses.

Webster is the author of several books regarding programming and the programming process.[4] He runs Bruce F. Webster & Associates LLC, a company which "provides expert analysis in matters involving information technology, with a focus on system development, project failure, intellectual property, web and internet technologies, and software engineering." (ibid)

Webster has appeared on TV news broadcasts and has been cited in publications including Newsweek, The Wall Street Journal, and Barron's. He has testified before Congress on three occasions, and has been consulted in several legal cases in the United States and abroad. He has been an arbitrator and a neutral expert in litigation relating to IT and has testified as an IT expert in federal and state court. As an expert on information technology, he has been an invited speaker at conferences in the US, Japan, Russia, Central America, and the Middle East.

One of Webster's current[when?] projects is the SunDog Resurrection project, an open-source rewrite of his early game. His original plan was to implement it in Java, but it has since been started in Python without his involvement.[5]

Personal life[]

Webster currently resides in Provo, Utah, with his wife Sandra.[2] He has been a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints since 1967 and has played an active role in the church.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "About Bruce F. Webster". Adventures in Mormonism. Retrieved November 26, 2017.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c "About Bruce F. Webster". brucefwebster.com. Retrieved November 26, 2017.
  3. ^ Neal Roger Tringham (2014). Science Fiction Video Games. CRC Press. p. 414. ISBN 978-1-482-20388-2.
  4. ^ Webster's background from his personal website
  5. ^ SunDog: Bruce F. Webster from Webster's website

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