Open-source language Python is already one of the most popular programming languages among developers. It ranks in third place behind mainstays Java and C, according to programming language index ...

Python gained 3.62 percentage points year over year in Tiobe's January 2019 index, beating rises by Visual Basic .NET and Java, the second and third biggest gainers. Python was created in 1989 by ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. A simple application that prints nothing more than the words Hello World is the seminal start to ...

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 ...

Learning something new can feel overwhelming, especially when it comes to programming. Maybe you’ve always wanted to dip your toes into coding but felt intimidated by the jargon or unsure where to ...

For years, the lingua franca for desktop computers was the Beginner’s All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code, a.k.a. Basic. Essentially every PC had it, and just about anyone could learn to program ...

As Python’s popularity rises, its limitations are becoming more clear. For one thing, it can be very hard to write a Python application and distribute it to people who don’t have Python installed. The ...

So far in this series we have examined Arduino hardware and MicroPython software but haven’t actually written any code. In this installment, we are going to write a basic Python script that will serve ...