Ward Cunningham

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American computer programmer human software engineer

Ward Cunningham is an American computer programmer best known for creating the first wiki and contributing significantly to agile software development practices.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American → computer programmer → human → software engineer →
birthDate	1949-05-26 →
birthPlace	Michigan City, Indiana, United States →
contributedTo	Agile Manifesto → Extreme Programming (XP) →
created	WikiWikiWeb → the first wiki software →
degree	Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Engineering →
designed	Framework for Integrated Test (FIT) →
developed	Smallest Federated Wiki →
educatedAt	Purdue University →
employer	Eclipse Foundation → Microsoft → New Relic → Tektronix → Wyatt Software →
familyName	Cunningham →
fieldOfWork	agile software development → design patterns → software engineering → wikis →
founded	AboutUs.org → Cunningham & Cunningham, Inc. →
givenName	Howard →
knownFor	Cunningham's Law → Smallest Federated Wiki → contributions to agile software development → creating WikiWikiWeb → inventing the wiki → pattern languages of programs → work on Extreme Programming →
memberOf	Hillside Group →
name	Ward Cunningham →
nationality	United States →
nickname	Ward →
notableConcept	Cunningham's Law → technical debt metaphor →
occupation	computer scientist → programmer → software developer →
position	Chief Technology Officer at AboutUs →
programmingLanguageUsed	Perl →
residence	Portland, Oregon, United States →
signatoryOf	Agile Manifesto →
spouse	Karen Cunningham →
website	http://c2.com →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Yurii Rubinsky Memorial Award →	hasNotableRecipient
Ward Cunningham →	name