About Martin Fowler

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Martin Fowler is a famous author and international speaker on software architecture, specializing in object-oriented analysis and design, UML, Patterns, and agile software development methodologies, including Extreme Programming.

Martin Fowler started working with software in the early 80's and has written five popular books on the topic of software development (see Publications). In March 2000, he became Chief Scientist at ThoughtWorks, a systems integration and consulting company.

Fowler is a member of the Agile Alliance and helped create the [http://agilemanifesto.org/ Manifesto for Agile Software Development] in 2001, along with more than 15 co-authors. He maintains a bliki, a mix of blog and wiki.

Martin Fowler was born in Walsall, England, and lived in London for a decade before moving to United States in 1994 . He lives near Boston, Massachusetts in the suburb of Melrose."

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1. “ Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that humans can understand. ”

   In What To Know Before Debating Type Systems

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2. Concepts behind the C# 3.0 language | Articles | TomasP.Net

   TomasP.Net (Jun 25 2008) Explore Article

   ...of use, but in this domain it serves better than any general purpose languages. In his article [4], Martin Fowler divides DSLs into external and internal. Internal (also called embedded) DSL are languages that ext... (Read Full Article)
   

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3. Programming Language Jobs and Trends

   Mi casa, su casa (Apr 3 2008) Explore Article

   ...ting project or the right industry. Above all, you have a better shot at working with non-assholes. Martin Fowler says that early in his career he decided that he "wouldn't work with unpleasant people, however cap... (Read Full Article)
   

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4. Chris Diggins Blog

   cdiggins.com » Home Page (Mar 25 2008) Explore Article

   ...d/martin/papers/middle-out-t.pdf. LOP has been getting some attention lately due in large part to Martin Fowler’s Language oriented programming (LOP), is an idea that has been around for at least 40 years wit... (Read Full Article)
   

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5. Otaku, Cedric's weblog: A programming language for 2010

   Cédric Beust's homepage (Mar 18 2008) Explore Article

   ... what the guys are Intentional Software are saying. http://www.intentsoft.com/ I've also read a few Martin Fowler articles that express similar ideas. And before that, it's hit me as well independently: we don't n... (Read Full Article)
   

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6. If It's Not Nailed Down, Steal It

   The Artima Developer Community (Jan 15 2008) Explore Article

   ... sub-language that can solve the problem more elegantly is one of the best ways to get around this. Martin Fowler, an advocate of object-oriented programming, patterns, and agile software development, divides DSLs... (Read Full Article)
   

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7. Programming Musings

   programming musings (Jan 11 2008) Explore Article

   ...Introduction to Domain Specific Languages October 7, 2007 by jao I just spent half an hour watching Martin Fowler’s Introduction to Domain Specific Languages presentation at last year’s JAOO conference (nice n... (Read Full Article)
   

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8. What To Know Before Debating Type Systems

   Chris Smith's Home Page (Jan 10 2008) Explore Article

   ...mputer programs to understand code. Perhaps I need to explain myself here. After all, a wise man (Martin Fowler, IIRC) one said: "Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write c... (Read Full Article)
   

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