I like it! I read the first couple and absolutely loved the first one--I point out the exact same thing when talking about programming to school kids. I think however that there is too big of a jump ...

Universities are no strangers to innovating with technology. EdTech wouldn’t exist if that weren’t true. But colleges were truly at the forefront when it came to the development of computer science.

BASIC creators John Kemeny and Thomas Kurtz. The mainframe isn’t the only technology hitting the ripe old age of 50 this year. On May 1st, the BASIC programming language, first developed by Dartmouth ...

Overview C++ is one of the most important programming languages for performance-critical applications.Structured courses help ...

Young gamers will not only learn the basics of programming, but will also develop an eye for economic coding: "All skills and concepts will help the player optimize their program by making their ...

BASIC, a programming language that first appeared on May 1, 1964, celebrates its 60th anniversary in 2024. With the grant, Kemeny and his team opened up their BASIC prototype to everyone at Dartmouth, ...

Google has just announced that they’re working on a platform that seeks to make the basics of programming accessible to children age five and up. The project, called Bloks, isn’t a commercial endeavor ...

Earlier this month, ITworld blogger Matthew Mombrea wrote an interesting post about which programming language is the best one to learn first (his choice: Java or C#). Not surprisingly, it generated ...

Who says making a video game is hard? Pshaw. Even a 9-year-old can do it. Even I can do it … and that’s saying something since I’m quite the dumb-dumb when it comes to the maths. OK. Perhaps the ...

I wish I'd have remembered it earlier this school year since my oldest is doing a Python class and is struggling a bit with concepts. (From what I've seen so far, I'm not particularly thrilled with ...