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Dave Thomas, a Common card
Dave Thomas is a computer programmer, author and editor.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 43
- DEF
- 14
- Power
- 57
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 6,500
Power 57 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 5 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He has written about Ruby and together with Andy Hunt, he co-authored The Pragmatic Programmer and runs The Pragmatic Bookshelf publishing company.
- Thomas moved to the United States from England in 1994 and lives north of Dallas, Texas.
- Thomas coined the phrases 'Code Kata' and 'DRY', and was an original signatory and author of The Manifesto for Agile Software Development.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Dave Thomas article was read about 6,500 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 43 and blocks with 14: each hit it takes is cut by 6 %.
How to get Dave Thomas
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Dave Thomas (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : James Davidson, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
