The history of basic computer programming languages dates back far. Learn more about the BASIC & C coding languages that got everything started.

As I wrote two weeks ago before I got a vicious summer cold and couldn’t write for the last week, a computer consists of input sensor of whatever you want to measure, and comparator that ...

Microsoft wants to turn kids' love of Minecraft into a love of computer programming through a partnership with Code.org, announced on Monday morning.

Since the 1960s, BASIC has introduced countless beginners to computer programming. Here's how the language got started, the paths it cleared for Windows and Apple, and where you can still find it ...

Sphero’s launched a cute mini-car robot that teaches kids about the basics of computer programming.

This is why I’ve long argued that BASIC is the most consequential language in the history of computing. It’s a language for noobs, sure, but back then most everyone was a noob. Throughout the ...

Before BASIC, life in the computer programming world was complicated. The first generation mainframe computers were essentially programmed as they were assembled, like a jigsaw puzzle with ...