Dave Thomas
Author of The Pragmatic Programmer
Author of The Pragmatic Programmer.
20 years after publishing the first edition of The Pragmatic Programmer, Dave is back at GOTO for a second time.
Since his last visit, his talk talk "Agile is Dead" has become the most popular video on the GOTO YouTube channel with over 1 millions views. Don't miss the next one.
We are incredibly honored to welcome Dave along with Andy Hunt to our conference. You don't want to miss their conversation about being a pragmatic programmer, both back in 1999 and today in 2020.
Check out the latest GOTO Book Club episode "Anniversary Edition of the Pragmatic Programmer" featuring Dave and Andy here.
Talks at GOTOpia Europe 2020
Dave Thomas is a programmer and entrepreneur known for his contributions to the software development industry. He has been involved in the creation of several successful software products and has been a leader in the agile software development movement. Co-author of the best selling reference book The Pragmatic Programmer.
Dave is an author and also editor. He runs The Pragmatic Bookshelf publishing company. Dave 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.
Check out the latest GOTO Book Club episode "Anniversary Edition of the Pragmatic Programmer" featuring Dave and Andy here.
Topic focus: Programming
Check out some of Dave's past talks:
- GOTO Amsterdam 2015 - Agile is Dead Snippets
- GOTO Amsterdam 2015 - Agile is Dead
A few of Dave's books: