The creation of the C programming language was a massive milestone for classical computing. Developed by Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson at AT&T Bell Laboratories in the early 1970s, C was an easy ...

To inspire the youth to deal with mathematics and programming, it’s important to have role models, both good and bad. It seems then that the efforts of two students from Rice University, Chris Brown ...

CS 106A is Stanford University’s introductory programming course. The module – which is also available to view on YouTube – introduces the fundamentals of coding in an accessible way, and lays the ...

In June, JavaScript broke into the top 10 of the Tiobe Programming Community Index, a monthly ranking of the popularity of programming languages. JavaScript came in at number 10 (up from 11 a year ...

It’s Software Trends Month here at Technical.ly, which means we’re examining what’s changed, what’s stayed the same, and what could be done better in the world of software. In a field that’s ...

Hot or not? From AI models with API fantasies to memory-safe programming and compiled code, get the scoop on what’s in and what’s out in software development. Tides ebb and flow. Pendulums swing.

GitHub’s increasing popularity, and the availability of its usage data, make it a good source for examining trends in software development. For example, I’ve used their data in the past to look at ...