If coding becomes easier, he argues, we’ll just make more, better software. We’ll use it to solve problems that wouldn’t have been worth the hassle previously, and standards will skyrocket.

Coding in ancient times wasn’t done with computers but with symbols, words, and numbers that played an essential role in communication and governance. One of the earliest examples of coding is ...

Computer science was introduced as a Leaving Cert subject in Ireland as part of a pilot programme in 2018. The initial roll-out included 40 secondary schools, with the first students sitting exams ...

Computers have changed our world beyond recognition. Lauren Laverne uncovers the language they have used to do this – computer code.

Niklaus Wirth, the creator of multiple coding languages and a pioneer of software design, has died aged 89. Wirth died on 1 January 2024, according to a post by the Association for Computing ...

Computer science professor Kevin Scannell, from St Louis University in Missouri, has translated 20 hours worth of coding material into Irish for Hour of Code 2016. Hour of Code is an annual global ...