Difference between revisions of "Kent Beck"
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| − | Kent Beck is on the list of [[InvitedAuthors]] whom [[Ward Cunningham]] first solicited to contribute to [[WikiWikiWeb]] because they were interested in [[PatternLanguage]]. | + | Kent Beck first introduced [[Ward Cunningham]] to [[HyperCard]]. He is one of the original members of the [[Hillside Group]], and was on the list of [[InvitedAuthors]] whom [[Ward Cunningham]] first solicited to contribute to [[WikiWikiWeb]] because they were interested in [[PatternLanguage]]. |
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| + | Kent Beck is the creator of [[Extreme Programming]]. | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
| − | Kent Beck | + | Kent Beck has an M.S. degree in computer science from the University of Oregon. |
| − | Beck | + | Kent Beck pioneered software patterns, and is the creator of [[Extreme Programming]]. He also pioneered the rediscovery of Test-driven development and the commercial application of Smalltalk. |
| − | + | Beck popularised [[CRC Cards]] with Ward Cunningham and created the JUnit unit testing framework along with [[Erich Gamma]]. | |
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| + | Kent Beck is one of the signers of the [[Agile Manifesto]]. | ||
He has written many books and papers on the subject of Smalltalk and Extreme Programming. | He has written many books and papers on the subject of Smalltalk and Extreme Programming. | ||
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*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_Beck | *http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_Beck | ||
*http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?KentBeck | *http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?KentBeck | ||
| + | *http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WardAndKent | ||
[[Category:Wiki People]] | [[Category:Wiki People]] | ||
