Dave Thomas

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Nov. 19, 1956

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Dave Thomas (born 1956) 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. 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.

Books by Dave Thomas

Dave Thomas: Agile web development with rails (2005, Pragmatic Bookshelf) 3 stars

Agile web development with rails

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Dave Thomas: Programming Ruby (2005, Pragmatic Bookshelf) No rating

Programming Ruby

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Dave Thomas, Andy Hunt, David Thomas, Andrew Hunt: The Pragmatic Programmer (Hardcover, 2019, Pragmatic Programmer) 5 stars

The Pragmatic Programmer

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Dave Thomas, Andy Hunt: Pragmatic Unit Testing in C# with NUnit (2007, The Pragmatic Programmer, LLC) 4 stars

Pragmatic Unit Testing in C# with NUnit

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Dave Thomas, David Heinemeier Hansson, Sam Ruby: Agile Web Development with Rails (2005, The Pragmatic Programmer, LLC) No rating

Agile Web Development with Rails

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Dave Thomas, Andy Hunt: The Pragmatic Programmer (Paperback, 1999, Addison-Wesley Professional) 5 stars

The Pragmatic Programmer

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