About the Technical Reviewer

Dr. Paddy Byers is an independent developer and consultant with a long-standing interest in web technology and the mobile web in particular. He has been prominent in a series of efforts to enable web applications to deliver the same functionality and experiences as native apps, including authoring the BONDI specification and participating in multiple World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) API standardization groups. Paddy now develops extensively with server-side JavaScript using node.js and is an active contributor in the open-source ecosystem around it.

Paddy’s programming experience includes working with a wide range of platforms and languages going back over 30 years. He trained originally as a mathematician, and he ...

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