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 ...

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

Petit Computer is a new application which brings the BASIC programming language to Nintendo's 3DS and DSi consoles.

Even those who did not go on to become software engineers say that the fundamentals of programming a computer at the coding level has helped them shape how they think logically, has sharpened ...

Tech-Bro Culture Was Written in the Code How computing pioneers at Dartmouth in the 1960s gave rise to the macho tech culture we see today.

The programming language, developed five decades ago, didn't require code to be entered on punch cards. It also allowed computer novices to begin programming without a lot of academic training.

Dartmouth BASIC, designed by Kemeny and his colleague Thomas E. Kurtz, was one of the first easy-to-use computer codes, says Schofield, and when the early home computing boom began in the early ...

New Hampshire has installed what appears to be the first historical highway marker honoring computer programming, according to the David Brooks at the Concord Monitor. The new sign honors BASIC ...

Although programming jobs are growing at double the pace of other jobs, computer programming is declining in our education system.

Everyone always talks about these new computer programming languages, and how great one is over the other. But really, has computer programming really changed that much over time?