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… ...

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 ...

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

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 ...