Mark Gibbs explores Scratch and StarLogo, programming systems implements the metaphor for Google’s forthcoming App Inventor Last week I was discussing Android applications and concluded by mentioning ...

As a homeschooling parent, I'm a big fan of educational software and I've written quite about about various programs in the past. But, as a programmer, I'm also a big fan of any program that makes ...

LOS ANGELES — A large randomized trial has identified specific programming criteria for implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) devices that, compared with conventional programming, cut the risk ...

With its attention focused on MS-DOS, Microsoft were slow to see the problems with BASIC, and that a core language devised in 1964 just wasn't up to the challenges of 80's computing. This started to ...

To get children to get into programming, they must learn at an early age. Now, it is not possible to teach children the advanced levels, nor it is possible to teach them in a manner we would with an ...

60 years ago, the inventors of the BASIC programming language actually achieved what they had hoped for: simple programming that is accessible to everyone. At 4:00 a.m. on May 1, 1964, the first BASIC ...

THE use of function blocks for programming of programmable logic controllers (PLCs) is gaining wider acceptance. Rather than the classic “contact and coil” representation of ladder diagram or relay ...

Keʻalohi Wang is a freelance writer from Kailua Kona, Hawaiʻi. She has a background in content creating, social media management, and marketing for small businesses. An English Major from University ...

“Everyone has annoying tasks in their job that you wish you could hire someone else to do, and at this point, you could automate it,” Colt Sliva said at SMX Next. “Everyone has annoying tasks in their ...

The “learn to code” mantra is becoming more and more mainstream, abetted by sites like Codeacademy. Journalism in particular seems to have a special interest in coding, and even some adjacent skills; ...