Or rather, QuickBASIC, which was Microsoft's IDE and compiler for BASIC. What the 17-year-old me didn't realize then was QuickBASIC would set up a nice foundation for understanding programming syntax.

60 years ago, the inventors of the BASIC programming language actually achieved what they had hoped for: simple programming that is accessible to everyone.

Q–I used to like to write my own programs on MS-DOS-based computers using the QBasic programming language built into the operating system. I did this for the challenge rather than because I n… ...

Can you believe it? The BASIC programming language is 50 years old this month.

To get the basic coding skills to go from beginner to early programmer, Shaw recommends learning four different languages: My current method for training up beginners is to make them learn the ...