Ward Cunningham
American computer programmer who developed the first wiki (born 1949) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Howard G. Cunningham (born May 26, 1949) is an American computer programmer who developed the first wiki and was a co-author of the Manifesto for Agile Software Development. A pioneer in both design patterns and extreme programming, he started coding the WikiWikiWeb in 1994, and installed it on c2.com (the website of his software consultancy) on March 25, 1995, as an add-on to the Portland Pattern Repository. He co-authored (with Bo Leuf) a book about wikis, entitled The Wiki Way, and invented the Framework for Integrated Test.
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Born | Howard G. Cunningham (1949-05-26) May 26, 1949 (age 74) Michigan City, Indiana, U.S. |
Alma mater | Purdue University |
Occupation | Computer programmer |
Years active | 1984–present |
Known for | WikiWikiWeb, the first implementation of a wiki The Manifesto for Agile Software Development (document) |
Call sign | K9OX |
Cunningham was a keynote speaker at the first three instances of the WikiSym conference series on wiki research and practice, and also at the Wikimedia Developer Summit 2017.[1]