At 4:00 a.m. on May 1, 1964, the first BASIC interpreter was launched on a mainframe computer at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. The BASIC programming language, developed by ...

The myth of the computer is literally disintegrating in front of your very eyes. Next week we will talk about some more details. To be continued but only one more week about programming… ...

Basics of Python Programming: A Quick Guide for Beginners is an essential companion to mastering the Python programming language. The editors’ primary goal in writing this book is to provide an ...

After BASIC, in the early 1970s, Niklaus Wirth developed Pascal, another language meant to solely be a tool to teach students computer programming concepts. “This language was not really developed to ...

When you’re just starting to learn to code, it’s hard to tell if you’ve got the basics down and if you’re ready for a programming career or side gig. Learn Python The Hard Way author Zed A ...

Of the five, Java Programming Basics is the best for neophytes who still want to give it a try. It begins with a comfortable one-step-at-a time pace, explaining technical monsters like ...

The tutorial, which is available now for free, walks students through 14 levels. It looks and feels like the Minecraft game that kids are so familiar with, but they have to use basic computer ...

If you want to just start out writing simple apps, without a GUI, and only concerned with the basics of computer programming, try: <P>- C (easy to start with, intuitive, largest "user" base, some ...

Me, when I started programming again in the 2010s—after a 25-year gap—I turned instead to newer languages like Python and JavaScript. Every once in a while, though, I’ll hunt down an ...