Kent Beck
U lind në	1961 (age 62–63)
Shtetësia	Shtetet e Bashkuara
Shkollimi	University of Oregon
Njohur për	Extreme Programming, Software design patterns, JUnit
Karriera shkencore
Fushat	Software engineering

Kent Beck është një inxhinier softuerik dhe krijues i metodologjive për ndërtimin e softuerëve, Extreme Programming dhe Test Driven Development. Beck ishte një prej 17 nënshkruesëve të Agile Manifesto në vitin 2001 ^[1].

Kent Beck ka një diplomë M.S. në shkenca kompjuterike nga Universiteti i Oregonit.

Ai është nismëtari i software design patterns, rizbulimin e zhvillimit të test-driven, si dhe aplikacionin komercial të Smalltalk. Beck e popullarizoi kartelën CRC me Ward Cunningham dhe së bashku me Erich Gamma krijoi JUnit unit testing framework.

Kent jeton në Medford, Oregon.

Publikimet

Librat

• 1996. Smalltalk Best Practice Patterns. Prentice Hall. (ISBN 978-0-13-476904-2) Transclusion error: ((En)) is only for use in File namespace. Use ((lang-en)) or ((in lang|en)) instead.
• 1996. Kent Beck's Guide to Better Smalltalk : A Sorted Collection. Cambridge University Press. (ISBN 978-0-521-64437-2) Transclusion error: ((En)) is only for use in File namespace. Use ((lang-en)) or ((in lang|en)) instead.
• 1999. Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Change. Addison-Wesley. Winner of the Jolt Productivity Award. (ISBN 978-0-321-27865-4) Transclusion error: ((En)) is only for use in File namespace. Use ((lang-en)) or ((in lang|en)) instead.
• 2000. Planning Extreme Programming. With Martin Fowler. Addison-Wesley. (ISBN 978-0-201-71091-5) Transclusion error: ((En)) is only for use in File namespace. Use ((lang-en)) or ((in lang|en)) instead.
• 2002. Test-Driven Development: By Example. Addison-Wesley. Winner of the Jolt Productivity Award. (ISBN 978-0-321-14653-3) Transclusion error: ((En)) is only for use in File namespace. Use ((lang-en)) or ((in lang|en)) instead.
• 2003. Contributing to Eclipse: Principles, Patterns, and Plugins. With Erich Gamma. Addison-Wesley. (ISBN 978-0-321-20575-9) Transclusion error: ((En)) is only for use in File namespace. Use ((lang-en)) or ((in lang|en)) instead.
• 2004. JUnit Pocket Guide. O'Reilly. (ISBN 978-0-596-00743-0) Transclusion error: ((En)) is only for use in File namespace. Use ((lang-en)) or ((in lang|en)) instead.
• 2005. Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Change, 2nd Edition. With Cynthia Andres. Addison-Wesley. Completely rewritten. (ISBN 978-0-201-61641-5) Transclusion error: ((En)) is only for use in File namespace. Use ((lang-en)) or ((in lang|en)) instead.
• 2008. Implementation Patterns. Addison-Wesley. (ISBN 978-0-321-41309-3) Transclusion error: ((En)) is only for use in File namespace. Use ((lang-en)) or ((in lang|en)) instead.

Punime të zgjedhura

• 1987. "Using Pattern Languages for Object-Oriented Programs". With Ward Cunningham. OOPSLA'87. Transclusion error: ((En)) is only for use in File namespace. Use ((lang-en)) or ((in lang|en)) instead.
• 1989. "A Laboratory For Teaching Object-Oriented Thinking". With Ward Cunningham. OOPSLA'89. Transclusion error: ((En)) is only for use in File namespace. Use ((lang-en)) or ((in lang|en)) instead.
• 1989. "Simple Smalltalk Testing: With Patterns". Origins of xUnit frameworks. Transclusion error: ((En)) is only for use in File namespace. Use ((lang-en)) or ((in lang|en)) instead.

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