Mark Gibbs explores Scratch and StarLogo, programming systems implements the metaphor for Google’s forthcoming App Inventor Last week I was discussing Android applications and concluded by mentioning ...

Last week I was discussing Android applications and concluded by mentioning Google’s new and, as yet, un-released programming tool for the Android operating system called App Inventor for Android ...

This is a spectacular, iconoclastic book in almost every sense that matters — in the scope of its ideas, in its claims about science, in its sheer physical size, and in many other ways too, both good ...

Ever heard of Hello World? This sample code is a programmer’s rite of passage, but what does it mean and why do we use it? Discover the program’s history and see how it reveals various language ...

As a homeschooling parent, I'm a big fan of educational software and I've written quite about about various programs in the past. But, as a programmer, I'm also a big fan of any program that makes ...

Once we’ve built a computer, the next step is to develop an assembly language and then an assembler that can assemble our programs. In my previous column, we introduced the concept of the big-endian ...

The Java programming language is deployed on a variety of computing platforms that application development businesses can leverage for sales. Java runs on desktop and laptop computers as well as ...

As promised, this part starts with a simple programming tutorial on the PIC12F675 microcontroller which shows you how to program and use it as a simple LED flasher. It’s assumed that you have ...