JavaScript’s arrays can hold heterogeneous types, change size on the fly, and readily insert or remove elements. Traditional methods like slice, splice, and push/pop do this by operating on the array ...

Note: Computers count from zero, so the first number in the array is always counted as 0. The last element in an array with n elements will have the index n-1. If an array has 10 elements then the ...

Each pass through the data consists of making a set of comparisons between two data items. You always start with the items in position 0 and 1, then 1 and 2, then 2 and 3 etc. Each time, you compare ...

Learning programming introduces students to solving problems, designing applications, and making connections online. We are witnessing a remarkable comeback of computer programming in schools. In the ...

Expert computer programmers show higher proficiency in certain behavioral and attention skills than their novice peers. To identify the responsible brain regions, scientists used fMRI to analyze the ...

This article reports the results of a survey about the teaching of computer programming and on-line searching of data bases taught in American Library Association accredited library school programs.