In the early days of C, you’d occasionally see someone — probably a former Pascal programmer — write something like this: #define BEGIN { #define END } This would usually initiate complaints about ...

If you’re dabbling around with the digital humanities, you’ve probably been told that you should learn Python. Today I’m reviewing one way you can learn this programming language: with CodeAcademy.

Back in the olden days, if you wanted to learn how to program a computer, you used the BASIC interpreter stored in ROM. This is how an entire generation of devs learned how to program. Now, home ...