There was a time when anyone could try programming, thanks to the ubiquity of Basic. But Basic's a nonstarter these days, so what will entice a new generation?

LaMothe, mathematician and computer scientist and author of the immensely well-received Tricks of the Windows Game Programming Gurus, has reprised that technohit with the same thing for 3D simulation.

An updated version of the classic "Basic Computer Games" book, with well-written examples in a variety of common MEMORY SAFE, SCRIPTING programming languages. See https://coding-horror.gi ...

It’s with sadness that we note the passing of Thomas E. Kurtz, on November 12th. He was co-inventor of the BASIC programming language back in the 1960s, and though his creation may not receive ...

A full two inches thick and nearly 800 pages long, The Book of R promises to teach you everything you need to be productive in using this language – that includes the basic syntax of the ...

Once upon a time, knowing how to use a computer was virtually synonymous with knowing how to program one. And the thing that made it possible was a programming language called BASIC.