Kent Beck

Summary

Kent Beck is a human^[1]. He was born on +1961-03-31T00:00:00Z^[2]. He worked as a computer scientist^[3], programmer^[4], writer^[5], software engineer^[6], and engineer^[7]. He ranks in the top 0.72% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (214 views/month, #7,182 of 1,000,298).^[8]

Key Facts

• Kent Beck was born on +1961-03-31T00:00:00Z^[2].
• Kent Beck held citizenship in United States^[9].
• Kent Beck's professions included computer scientist^[3].
• Kent Beck worked as a programmer^[4].
• Kent Beck's professions included writer^[5].
• Kent Beck's professions included software engineer^[6].
• Kent Beck's professions included engineer^[7].
• Kent Beck's field of work was software engineering^[10].
• Among Kent Beck's employers was Meta^[11].
• Kent Beck was educated at University of Oregon^[12].
• Kent Beck was educated at University of Oregon College of Arts and Sciences^[13].
• Kent Beck's image is recorded as Kent Beck no Workshop Mapping XP.jpg^[14].
• Kent Beck is recorded as male^[15].
• Kent Beck's instance of is recorded as human^[16].
• Kent Beck's ISNI is recorded as 0000000055124028^[17].
• Kent Beck's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 39529441^[18].
• Kent Beck's GND ID is recorded as 1081570865^[19].
• Kent Beck's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n96072482^[20].
• Kent Beck's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 134866570^[21].
• Kent Beck's IdRef ID is recorded as 035663200^[22].
• Kent Beck's NACSIS-CAT author ID is recorded as DA10720990^[23].
• Kent Beck's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00828619^[24].
• Kent Beck's Commons category is recorded as Kent Beck^[25].
• Kent Beck's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04856^[26].
• Kent Beck's Open Library ID is recorded as OL235459A^[27].

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Origins and Family

Kent Beck was born on +1961-03-31T00:00:00Z^[2].

Education

Educated at University of Oregon^[12], a public university^[28], in United States^[29], founded in 1876^[30], headquartered in Eugene^[31] and University of Oregon College of Arts and Sciences^[13], a university college^[32], in United States^[33].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include computer scientist^[3], programmer^[4], writer^[5], software engineer^[6], and engineer^[7]. Kent Beck's field of work was software engineering^[10]. Among his employers was Meta^[11].

Why It Matters

Kent Beck ranks in the top 0.72% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (214 views/month, #7,182 of 1,000,298).^[8] He has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[34]

He is credited with the discovery of extreme programming^[35], a software development methodology^[36]. Works attributed to him include Agile Manifesto^[37], a manifesto^[38], written by him^[39].

FAQs

What did Kent Beck do for work?

Kent Beck worked as computer scientist^[3], programmer^[4], writer^[5], software engineer^[6], and engineer^[7].

Where did Kent Beck go to school?

Kent Beck was educated at University of Oregon^[12] and University of Oregon College of Arts and Sciences^[13].

What did Kent Beck discover?

Kent Beck is credited as discoverer of extreme programming^[35].