Erich Gamma is a

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and one of the four co-authors (referred to as "

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") of the

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textbook, '' Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software''. Gamma is an expert in the

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Java development editor, and with

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he co-wrote the

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software testing framework which helped create Test-Driven Development and influenced the whole software industry. He also led the design of the

platform's

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, and worked on the IBM Rationa
Jazz project
In 2011 he joined the

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team and leads a development lab in

Zürich , neighboring_municipalities = Adliswil, Dübendorf, Fällanden, Kilchberg, Maur, Oberengstringen, Opfikon, Regensdorf, Rümlang, Schlieren, Stallikon, Uitikon, Urdorf, Wallisellen, Zollikon , twintowns = Kunming, San Francisco Z ...

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

that has developed the "Monaco" suite of components for browser-based development, found in products such as

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(formerly Visual Studio Team Services and Visual Studio Online), Visual Studio Code, Azure Mobile Services, Azure Web Sites, and the

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Development tools.

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