Apple’s Swift Playgrounds is a great way to learn how to program in Swift using just an iPad, but there are several other code languages out there. For those interested in learning Python ...

When my oldest son Cy was four we started writing some Logo programs on the iPad using Mad Logo and making some ... Here’s some code for a number guessing game in Python. To run this program: 1.

While Python is a hugely popular programming language it has limitations, not least of which is how difficult it makes writing very large and complex code bases. Must-read developer coverage.

Python is a high-level language, so it’s not suitable for system-level programming—device drivers or OS kernels are out of the picture. It’s also not ideal for situations that call for cross ...