Computer programming jobs involve writing and editing code, analyzing data and maintaining computer systems. Most computer programming careers offer areas of specialization that require additional ...

Ada Lovelace was the world’s first computer programmer. Too bad nobody has that title anymore. Born in 1815, Lovelace was a 19th-century English mathematician credited with first interpreting how to ...

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Many computer programmers know multiple languages. The range of programming languages is wide, with some languages used in specific contexts, but some more general. For example, Java can implement ...

Driven by his faith in God, an infant girl who is only a few months old and an infectious enthusiasm for technology, the self-taught computer programmer is ambitiously developing a program called ...

Camille Barmore won’t have to scramble to find a job when she graduates from the University of Louisiana at Monroe in May with a degree in computer science. Barmore, 21, and many of her graduating ...

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Okay, I have to admit, I live in something of a programming language filter bubble—among people I know, probabilistic programming languages are a regular topic of conversation. So I was quite ...

Being a software programmer is one of the best jobs these days for your pocketbook and your job security, but it can be incredibly bad for your mental health. Two things are going on that are ...

Expert computer programmers show higher proficiency in certain behavioral and attention skills than their novice peers. To identify the responsible brain regions, scientists used fMRI to analyze the ...

Computer programming is one of the most popular jobs at the moment, and if you’re a programmer you’re probably wondering about the 25 best states for computer programmers. As a writer and someone who ...