Programming languages are tools that help developers communicate with computers and build everything from apps to AI systems.

A few days ago I wrote a post about what programming language you should learn first for a career in programming. This sparked a lot of conversation (much of it on Google+ submitted without reading ...

What if AI-assisted development is less of a threat, and more of a jetpack? This month’s report tackles vibe coding, along ...

Explore the origins, evolution, and significance of coding from ancient machines to modern programming languages in today's digital world.

Each year, the code-sharing platform GitHub releases its ‘State of the Octoverse’ report, which among other things ranks the popularity of programming languages. The latest report, released in October ...

JavaScript gives you too many ways to shoot yourself in the foot. Just what you’d expect from a programming language that was created in a week. The JavaScript programming language has a lot of ...

Over the past few weeks, we've been discussing programming language popularity here on ZDNET. Most recently, I aggregated data from nine different rankings to produce the ZDNET Index of Programming ...