Mar 25, 2025
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Ward Cunningham is the inventor of wikis (although he prefers to use the mass noun "wiki"), which started with his website WikiWikiWeb in 1995; by an incredible coincidence, this episode is being released on the exact 30th anniversary of the launch of WikiWikiWeb. Ward is also a computer science pioneer, and was heavily involved in the development of design patterns and agile programming. Since 2011, he has headed the development of the software Federated Wiki, originally known as Smallest Federated Wiki.
Links for some of the topics discussed:
- Ward Cunningham Wikipedia article
- c2.com - Cunningham & Cunningham Inc. website
- Portland Pattern Repository
- "Using Pattern Languages for Object-Oriented Programs" (1987 technical report by Kent Beck and Ward Cunningham)
- WikiWikiWeb
- "Are Design Patterns Missing Language Features" wiki page
- "Singletons Are Evil" wiki page
- Federated Wiki
- Federated Wiki Wikipedia article