Before BASIC, life in the computer programming world was complicated. The first generation mainframe computers were essentially programmed as they were assembled, like a jigsaw puzzle with ...

But I’d just done so, thanks to this strangely accessible computer language: BASIC. The next day I and my nerdy friends raided the library.

Since the 1960s, BASIC has introduced countless beginners to computer programming. Here's how the language got started, the paths it cleared for Windows and Apple, and where you can still find it ...

Engineers programming in FORTRAN were not going to be what would start a home computer revolution. Learning the language and writing a BASIC interpreter ...

The history of basic computer programming languages dates back far. Learn more about the BASIC & C coding languages that got everything started.

Learning how to write computer programs can teach kids far more about logic, mathematics and self-discipline than any junior-high and high-school classes. And today’s adolescents and pre ...