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Ward Cunningham

American computer programmer

PersonAge 77humanQ7637

Born: May 26, 1949
Birthplace: Michigan City
Citizenship: United States
Occupation: programmer
, computer scientist
, technology evangelist
Education: Purdue University
, Highland High School
Employer: Microsoft(2003–2005)
Languages spoken, written or signed: English

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia · Read full article · Text CC BY-SA 4.0

Howard G. Cunningham is an American computer programmer, who developed the first wiki and co-authored the Manifesto for Agile Software Development. Called a pioneer, and innovator, he also helped create both software design patterns and extreme programming. He began coding the WikiWikiWeb in 1994, and installed it on c2.com on March 25, 1995, as an add-on to the Portland Pattern Repository. He co-authored a book about wikis, entitled The Wiki Way, and invented the Framework for Integrated Test.

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Truth in Numbers? Everything, According to Wikipedia2010 · 2010 American documentary film

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Created

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WWikiWikiWeb1995 · first-ever wiki launched on 25 March 1995 by programmer Ward Cunningham

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CCunningham's Lawlaw that affirms that the best way to get the right answer on the Internet is not to ask a question, but to post the wrong answer

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WWikiWikiWeb1995 · first-ever wiki launched on 25 March 1995 by programmer Ward Cunningham

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Sex or gender: male
Given name: Ward reason for preferred rank: usual forename
Howard
G.
Commons Creator page: Ward Cunningham
Residence: Portland
Family name: Cunningham
Name in native language: Ward Cunningham
Field of work: software engineering
Start of work period: 1984
Social media followers: 1,110(April 11, 2024) mastodon address: k9ox@mastodon.radio
63,457(February 7, 2023) x (twitter) numeric user id: 12381352
1,078(March 16, 2024) mastodon address: k9ox@mastodon.radio
1,058(February 12, 2024) mastodon address: k9ox@mastodon.radio
63,067(February 21, 2022) x (twitter) numeric user id: 12381352
60,526(January 3, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 12381352
57,344(April 27, 2020) x (twitter) numeric user id: 12381352
Website: c2.com language: English

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