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,[peacock prose] 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 75) 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] He was a keynote speaker at the MediaWiki Users and Developers Conference, Fall 2024 as well.[2]