Kent Beck
Kent Beck
Kent Beckis an American software engineer and the creator of Extreme Programming, a software development methodology which eschews rigid formal specification for a collaborative and iterative design process. Beck was one of the 17 original signatories of the Agile Manifesto, the founding document for agile software development. Extreme and Agile methods are closely associated with Test Driven Development, of which Beck is perhaps the leading proponent...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
CountryUnited States of America
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I've known people who have not mastered their tools who are good programmers, but not a tool master who remained a mediocre programmer.
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I don't like the feeling, but I've got to say that a little fear makes me a more focused, more responsible programmer.
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I'm not a great programmer; I'm just a good programmer with great habits.
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If you're having trouble succeeding, fail.