Erich Gamma Scientist

Erich Gamma (born 1961 in Zürich) is Swiss computer scientist and co-author of the influential software engineering textbook, Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software. He co-wrote the JUnit software testing framework with Kent Beck and led the design of the Eclipse platform's Java Development Tools (JDT). He also worked on the IBM Rational Jazz project.He joined Microsoft's Visual Studio team in 2011 and leads a development lab in Zürich, Switzerland that has developed the "Monaco" suite of components for browser-based development, found in products such as Visual Studio Online, Azure Mobile Services, Azure Web Sites, and the Office 365 Development tools.

Personal facts

Birth dateJanuary 01, 1961
Birth place
Zürich
Citizenship
Switzerland
Education
University of Zurich
Known for
JUnit
Design Patterns
Eclipse (software)

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