The other day, my friend Ned’s cousin asked Ned what he thought was the best first language for new programmers. The cousin didn’t have much computing experience, but at 15 years old the ...

The newness may be skin deep, but all languages are just some clever syntax that hides the if-then-else decision structure of assembly code. All of this success is building a positive feedback loop.

Swift According to Ted Kremenek, Apple director of languages and runtimes, programmers should be looking to Swift instead of programming stalwart C++. “Swift’s safety, speed and ...

That way, no matter what your first programming language, you can apply those skills towards learning a new one (maybe in as little as 21 minutes). Even kids' coding apps can be useful to start with.

While not every programmer may follow the oft-repeated advice to learn at least one new programming language each year, most developers will continue to build their skills throughout their career ...

Once the grid goes down, an old programming language called Forth—and a new operating system called Collapse OS—may be our only salvation.

Programming languages are like standards; the nice thing about them is that there are so many to choose from. Selecting the best programming languages for back-end, server-side applications often has ...

More and more high schools are teaching computer programming. But what's the best language for students just getting started?