Back in the late 1970s and early 1980s when you turned on a PC, more often than not, you’d get a Basic prompt. Most people would then load a game from a tape, but if you were inclined to program ...

Ubuntu is a free computer system, like Windows or macOS, but it’s built by a community. It’s great for programmers because it’s very flexible and has lots of tools already built-in that help you code.

One way to speed up your Python programs is to write modules in the Zig language and use them in your Python code. Here's how to get started.

This book is edited by Li Hui and Chen Yanyan, with associate editors Yang Yu, Gao Yong, Zhang Qiaosheng, Bi Ye, and Liu Dengzhi. It is rich in content, covering 32 theories and 32 practical cases, ...

Python is one of the most approachable languages to learn, thanks to its object-oriented-first approach and its minimal syntax. The standard library includes many useful modules that you can use ...

Tools included with the stock installation of the Python interpreter can provide you with detailed feedback about which parts of your program are slow, and offer some hints about how to speed them up.

“A Python program will consume more memory than a similar program built in a compiled language like C++ would. Python is not well suited for mobile, or desktop application development as well.” ...

Python will not replace C and C++, which are “lower-level options” that give the user more control over what is going on in a computer’s processor.