Ward Cunningham



Howard G. Cunningham, , born 26 May 1949 in, Indiana, United States of America, usually known as Ward Cunningham, is an computer , and significantly, the inventor of the wiki.

Within the wikisphere, Cunningham is best known as the author and creator of the first  software, ; the name of which was inspired by wiki, the Hawaiian word for 'quick'. In 2011, he created Smallest Federated Wiki, a software tool for wiki federation, which applies aspects of software development such as forking to wiki pages.


 * ''Publications
 * Bo Leuf, Ward Cunningham (2005); The Wiki Way: Quick Collaboration on the Web; Addison-Wesley Professional; 5th printing; ISBN 020171499X.
 * Rick Mugridge, Ward Cunningham (2005); Fit for Developing Software; Prentice Hall PTR; ISBN 0321269349.


 * ''References


 * ''External links
 * Ward Cunningham user page — Wiki.C2.com at WikiWikiWeb, also known as Ward's Wiki
 * — www.Wikidata.org at Wikimedia Wikidata
 * — En.Wikipedia.org at the English Wikipedia
 * — En.Wikiquote.org at the English Wikiquote
 * ERCB: The Wiki Way (2001) – book review — at ERCB.com (via Archive.org); Electronic Review of Computer Books
 * Ward Cunningham discusses Eclipse, wiki, and agile development — at SQLSummit.com, Ken North Computing, LLC., 7 April 2006
 * Ward Cunningham on the Crucible of Creativity — impressionistic transcript from Ward Cunningham’s opening keynote at WikiSym, at Corante.com, 17 October 2005
 * Ward Cunningham — at GitHub.com
 * — Commons.Wikimedia.org at Wikimedia Commons