The history of basic computer programming languages dates back far. Learn more about the BASIC & C coding languages that got everything started.

The BASIC programming language turns 60 Easy-to-use language that drove Apple, TRS-80, IBM, and Commodore PCs debuted in 1964.

Since the 1960s, BASIC has introduced countless beginners to computer programming. Here's how the language got started, the paths it cleared for Windows and Apple, and where you can still find it ...

Once upon a time, knowing how to use a computer was virtually synonymous with knowing how to program one. And the thing that made it possible was a programming language called BASIC.

The language that made that all possible. They called it the Beginner’s All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code— BASIC. Before BASIC, life in the computer programming world was complicated.

Four sounds like an awful lot of languages to learn for a beginner, but the idea is to get a broad understanding of programming and the basics down. As for which programming language to learn first?

Developed by Microsoft employee Vijaye Raji, the Small Basic language, which was inspired by the original BASIC programming language and runs on the .NET Framework, was designed with the beginner ...

C++ is currently the fastest growing programming language in Tiobe's popularity index and it's probably due to the arrival of C++20.

60 years ago, the inventors of the BASIC programming language actually achieved what they had hoped for: simple programming that is accessible to everyone.