Computers need programming languages to function. That’s just a simple fact of life. However, these languages didn’t just spring up out of nowhere. They were developed by people for explicit purposes.

Programming began as a way to give simple instructions to machines that barely worked. Over decades, it evolved through punch ...

This video is part of Electronic Design's 70th Anniversary series. This is a bit like Mel Brooks History of the World, Part I for programmers. I've been writing a number of articles and recording ...

GenAI may be accelerating a developmental transition in how learners conceptualize programming itself.