They tout the global support for the language (any web browser). Finally, they talk about how easy the language itself is to make progress in for a beginner. All valid points that I agree with 100%.

Thomas E. Kurtz, a mathematician and inventor of the simplified computer programming language known as BASIC, which allowed students to operate early computers and eventually propelled generations ...

In the 1950s and ’60s you generally used machine language, which had commands like “sal 665” and “sal 667.” (Those tell the computer to move its accumulator, a crucial region of memory ...

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 ...

In the beginning It is not the first time AI has driven a wave of new programming languages. The 1970s and 1980s saw a golden age of AI-focused languages like LISP and Prolog, which introduced ...

The story begins in 1979 when Bjarne was conducting research at Bell Labs, primarily using C language. C language is powerful, but Bjarne felt it was "too hardcore"; managing complexity in large ...

Yet, while coding as we know it is indeed facing disruption, the creative, problem-solving essence of computer programming is likely to remain a largely human endeavor for the foreseeable future.

In their view, AI is the pinnacle of “human-centric” programming, where the computer figures out what you’re trying to do and does it for you. Something clicked for me at that moment.