David Heinemeier Hansson

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David Heinemeier Hansson
David Heinemeier Hansson

David Heinemeier Hansson (born 1979) is a Danish programmer and the creator of the popular Ruby on Rails web development framework and the Instiki wikis. He is also a partner at the web-based software development firm 37signals.

In 1999 David founded and built an online gaming news website and community called Daily Rush, which he ran until 2001.

In 2005 he was recognized by Google and O'Reilly with the Hacker of the Year award. He moved from Denmark to Chicago, Illinois in November 2005.

David co-wrote Agile Web Development with Rails, a book on the topic, with Dave Thomas in 2005 as part of The Pragmatic Programmer series.

David appeared on the cover of the July 2006 issue of Linux Journal which included an interview with him in the feature story "Opinions on Opinionated Software." The same month Business 2.0 ranked him 34th among "50 people who matter now."[1]

For 2007 he predicted that: 'The stigma of being a Web programmer still using Windows will increase.'[1]

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  1. ^ Java Developer's Journal:i-Technology Predictions for 2007: Where's It All Headed? (2007). Retrieved on February 22, 2007.
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