5 Computer Science Languages to Learn Five useful computer science languages to learn include Python, C++, Java, JavaScript and SQL.

Some consider Java to be the best first programming language for developers to learn. But does it really matter? Most languages are made up of the same building blocks.

Though coder Jeff Atwood thinks coding isn't for non-computer geeks, we can think of a lot of reasons normals should learn computer language.

One candidate language would be Python, it’s freely available and one of the easier programming languages to learn – compared, say, to C/C++.

A Senate committee Thursday approved a bill aimed at allowing high-school students to take computer-coding classes as an alternative to learning more-traditional foreign languages.

This Computer Language Is Feeding Hacker Values Into Young Minds At 10, Scratch is a popular tool to teach kids programming.

What she would tell another student who was considering computer science: "One of the big things that deter people is that they think, 'I'm not smart enough,' or, 'It's too hard'.

First posted on Education Week’s Curriculum Matters blog Michigan is the latest state to consider allowing students to replace required foreign language classes with computer coding courses. The ...