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Kent Beck

ケント・ベック　/　けんと・べっく

Computer scientist from Unknown

March 31, 1961 (age 65)　・　Unknown

American
Computer scientist
Programmer
Author

My Take

Kent Beck is one of those names every working programmer eventually runs into, even if they don't realize it. Test-driven development and Extreme Programming reshaped how teams actually build software, and his red-green-refactor rhythm is muscle memory for a lot of us now. What I appreciate most is that he never treated method as dogma; he kept revising his own ideas as he learned more, which is rare in a field full of self-appointed gurus. The Agile Manifesto gets diluted constantly, but going back to Beck's writing reminds you it was originally about humility and feedback, not ceremonies and stand-up theater.

Overview

Kent Beck (born March 31, 1961) is an American software engineer and one of the original signatories of the Agile Manifesto. He is widely credited with creating Extreme Programming (XP) and is a leading advocate of test-driven development (TDD). Beck has authored several influential software-engineering books and helped popularize patterns for unit testing.

1. Profile

Name (English): Kent Beck
Name (Japanese): ケント・ベック
Reading: けんと・べっく
Born: March 31, 1961 (age 65)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Aries / Ox
Origin: Unknown
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: Computer scientist / Programmer / Author / Software engineer / Engineer

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: University of Oregon

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

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6. Links

Xhttps://x.com/KentBeck
Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%83%99%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF

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