Dave Thomas (programmer)

Dave Thomas (born 1960) is a computer programmer, author and editor.

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.

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