Ward Cunningham | |
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.jpg) Cunningham in December 2011 | |
| Born | Howard G. Cunningham May 26, 1949 Michigan City, Indiana, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Purdue University |
| Occupation | Computer programmer |
| Years active | 1984–present |
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| Call sign | K9OX |
Howard G. Cunningham (born May 26, 1949) is an American computer programmer, who developed the first wiki[1][2] and co-authored the Manifesto for Agile Software Development. Called a pioneer,[3] and innovator,[1][2] he also helped create both software design patterns and extreme programming. He began coding the WikiWikiWeb in 1994, and installed it on c2.com (the website of his software consulting firm) 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.
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.[4] He was a keynote speaker at the MediaWiki Users and Developers Conference, Spring 2024.[5]
- 1949 births
- Living people
- 21st-century American non-fiction writers
- Amateur radio people
- American computer programmers
- American technology writers
- Extreme programming
- People from Beaverton, Oregon
- Writers from Portland, Oregon
- Purdue University College of Engineering alumni
- Technology evangelists
- Tektronix people
- Wikimedia Foundation Advisory Board members
- People from Highland, Lake County, Indiana
- Microsoft employees
- Agile software development
- Software design patterns