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Kent Beck (born 1961) is an American software engineer and the creator of extreme programming, a software development methodology that eschews rigid formal specification for a collaborative and iterative design process.
KentBeck.com. Helping Geeks Feel Safe in the World. Original signer of the Agile Manifesto, Author of the Extreme Programming book series, rediscoverer of Test-Driven Development, and inspiring Keynote Speaker. Would you like to be notified when new content is available? Read Kent's Mission.
Kent Beck developed extreme programming during his work on the Chrysler Comprehensive Compensation System (C3) payroll project. Beck became the C3 project leader in March 1996.
2.6k followers · 1 following. KentBeck / README .md. 👋 Hi, I’m @KentBeck. 👀 I’m interested in: 3X: Explore/Expand/Extract. As a product matures, the tradeoffs affecting its development change dramatically. What are these changes and how can we respond to them? Power law distributions. Power laws appear despite our best efforts.
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Dec 3, 2015 · Kent Beck invented Extreme Programming. Guest of honor of the 5th annual Lean IT Summit, he reviewed what he got right, what he got wrong, what he's still working on and how things work at ...
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Aug 18, 2020 · Extreme Programming Creator Kent Beck: Tech Has a Compassion Deficit. Beck overturned conventional programming wisdom. Now, he’s looking toward tech’s trickier problems.
Kent Beck is an influential figure in the field of software development, co-author of the Agile Manifesto, creator of eXtreme Programming, and author of many books.
