Kim Topley

Kim Topley is a freelance computer consultant, based in England. He has worked in the computer industry for thirty years, writing microcode for mainframe computers; device drivers, file systems, and security features for the UNIX operating system; communications protocol stacks for Cray supercomputers; and C and Java applications for financial institutions. He learned Java as a result of a chance encounter with the book Core Java in a bookshop in 1995 and has since written four Java books: Core JFC and Core Swing: Advanced Programming, both published by Prentice Hall, and J2ME in a Nutshell and Java Web Services in a Nutshell, published by O'Reilly Media. Topley has a keen interest in space flight and aviation and has a private pilot’s license.

Kim Topley

Kim Topley is a freelance computer consultant whose experience includes writing microcode for mainframe computers, device drivers, file systems and security features for the Unix operating system, implementing communications protocol stacks and developing GUI interfaces for end-user applications. He is currently working for a financial institution in London, England.