The BASIC programming language turns 60 Easy-to-use language that drove Apple, TRS-80, IBM, and Commodore PCs debuted in 1964.

His programs were rife with programming techniques deeply tied to the TRS-80’s particular software and hardware, and in a quest for more speed than Microsoft BASIC was theoretically capable of ...

What old-school programming skills are you glad you don’t need today? Tell us in the comments. Esther Schindlerhas been writing about technology since 1992, and she started programming in 1973.

If you want to break into the world of computer programming or high-tech work, a good place to start is with computer science books, which can teach everything from basic programming techniques to ...

I was a programmer back when the languages that were taught were COBOL (shudder), Assembly, Pascal, Fortran and BASIC. And all programmed on mainframes... My son is now quasi-interested in ...

Importance rankings of the categories show that learning basic object concepts was most important to and most difficult for the students, followed by design issues, and programming techniques.