Understanding the core principles of computer programming is the first step to writing effective code. Learning about ...

At its core, programming is about moving data and playing with it. When you send login credentials to a web server, or when you get your profile picture loaded, that’s code sending data back and forth ...

Computerworld is undertaking a series of investigations into interesting programming languages. In the past we have spoken to Larry Wall, creator of the Perl programming language, Don Syme, senior ...