I haven’t talked about programming languages for a while so here goes: We start this week with the free, open source (MIT License) Lua language. First released in 1993, Lua (which means “moon” in ...

Dynamic languages have proved invaluable to improving fast and agile development, most notably for Web development and system administration. Lua is a language that fits in this space. Dynamic ...

The most popular category on the Google Play Store has always been Games. Although we all probably use key productivity apps like a web browser, an email client, and an instant messaging app, gaming ...

We ran a piece last year summarizing an IEEE study of programming-language popularity based on job listings. This article fostered conversation, including debates about whether the languages IEEE used ...

The iPad is just a device for consumption, right? And – according to a screed by sci-fi author Cory Doctorow – it signals the end of computer programming, at least for the tinkerers like you and me.

Play around with Lego Mindstorms NXT enough and at some point you'll inevitably get frustrated with NXT-G, its graphical programming language of "blocks" that you drag around and connect with "wires".