Portland Pattern Repository

The Portland Pattern Repository (PPR) is the subdirectory of the commercial Web site , which belongs to the company Cunningham & Cunningham (C2) from Portland, Oregon. The PPR stores computer programming design patterns, with an emphasis on extreme programming. The PPR's defining phrase is "".

Related Topics:
PPR - Directory - C2 - Portland, Oregon - Computer programming design pattern - Extreme programming

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The PPR is accompanied by the first ever wiki, which is called WikiWikiWeb or simply Wiki (with a capital 'W'), and which is located at . The term wiki that is used to refer to other similar groups of modifiable Web pages, e.g. Wikipedia, came from this original wiki. The WikiWikiWeb was created March 25, 1995, by Ward Cunningham. Cunningham named the WikiWikiWeb that way because on a honeymoon trip he heard the term wiki, a Hawaiian-language term for fast, being used to describe fast shuttle buses at Honolulu International Airport. Cunningham's idea was to make the WikiWikiWeb's pages quickly editable by its users.

Related Topics:
Wiki - Wikipedia - March 25 - 1995 - Ward Cunningham - Honeymoon - Hawaiian-language - Shuttle bus - Honolulu International Airport

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The name Ward's Wiki (or, in CamelCase, WardsWiki) is also used for the WikiWikiWeb, but has negative connotations due to its suggestion that Ward Cunningham maintains strict ownership and control over the entire community, a role which he actively avoids. Other names have been suggested to try to avoid ambiguity with the generic concept of a wiki, and to reflect the growing amount of non-pattern related content. The term C2 Wiki is also used.

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Whichever term is used, the WikiWikiWeb should not be confused with the PPR, since the WikiWikiWeb is just a complement to the repository. As explained on the WikiWikiWeb's ' page:

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:This wiki and the pages in it are a feature of the Portland Pattern Repository, published by Cunningham & Cunningham, Inc., Portland, Oregon .

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The PPR itself predated the WikiWikiWeb, and includes some static pages (pages that don't belong to the WikiWikiWeb).

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The WikiWikiWeb's ' page contains the following description:

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:This wiki's primary focus is in . However, it is much more than just an . It started there, but the theme has created a culture and all of its own. All Wiki content is . Most of all, this is a forum where people share ideas! It changes as people come and go. If you are looking for authoritative information, try . All the information here is subjective.

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