The R language for statistical computing has creeped back into the top 10 in Tiobe’s monthly index of programming language popularity. “Programming language R is known for fitting statisticians and ...

My little theory is that the concept of “imprinting” in psychology can just as easily be applied to programming: Much as a baby goose decides that the first moving life-form it encounters is its ...

C#, Microsoft’s object-oriented, cross-platform, open source language for the .NET platform, has become the fastest-growing language on Tiobe’s monthly index of programming language popularity. C# may ...

We did an informal poll around the Hackaday bunker and decided that, for most of us, our favorite programming language is solder. However, [Stephen Cass] over at IEEE Spectrum released their annual ...

Did you know that, between 1976 and 1978, Microsoft developed its own version of the BASIC programming language? It was initially called Altair BASIC before becoming Microsoft BASIC, and it was ...

Have you ever found yourself endlessly repeating the same tasks in Excel—formatting cells, applying formulas, or sorting data—wondering if there’s a better way? You’re not alone. Many Excel users ...

March 2025 TIOBE Index: Legacy ‘Dinosaur’ Languages Are Making a Comeback Your email has been sent Legacy programming languages remain vital in modern computing, evolving to stay relevant. Their ...

Are you a coder? Please take our new survey (it's short and fun) about how you use AI at work. HTML is deceptive. It looks easy. And easy HTML is easy. With a few tags you can write your name on a ...

Functional programming, as the name implies, is about functions. While functions are part of just about every programming paradigm, including JavaScript, a functional programmer has unique ...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools are reshaping the landscape of software development, particularly in the realm of generating Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) code. These innovative solutions are ...