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Dave Thomas
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Dave Thomas

British computer programmer

Dave Thomas (born 1960) is a computer programmer, author and editor. He has written about Ruby and together with Andy Hunt, he co-authored The Pragmatic Programmer and runs The Pragmatic Bookshelf publishing company.2

From Wikipedia’s article on Dave Thomas (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born Aug 12, 1956.1

About

Thomas moved to the United States from England in 1994 and lives north of Dallas, Texas.

Thomas coined the phrases 'Code Kata' and 'DRY' (Don't Repeat Yourself), and was an original signatory and author of The Manifesto for Agile Software Development. He studied computer science at Imperial College London.

From Wikipedia’s article on Dave Thomas, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2

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Career

Occupation: consultant, engineer, entrepreneur, computer scientist.4

Personal life

  • CitizenshipUnited Kingdom5

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