I was 5 or 6 when I got my first sense of the joys of computer programming. This was in the early 1980s, when few people had a computer. One day, my dad brought home a Sinclair ZX Spectrum, one of ...

Developing software used to require programming skills. Today, a growing number of people are building websites, games and even AI programs without writing a line of code.

Why Coding Bootcamps Don’t Work Computer programming is highly specialized work; it can’t be effectively taught in an intensive program.

Coding is a facet of computer programming, a process used to write instructions for what a computer, application, or software program does.

OpenAI's latest creation, Codex, writes computer code—in some instances very well. Photograph: Carmen Martínez Torrón/Getty Images ...

By mapping the brain activity of expert computer programmers while they puzzled over code, Johns Hopkins University scientists have found the neural mechanics behind this increasingly vital skill.

In June, MIT researchers will present a new programming language, called Picture, that could radically reduce the amount of coding needed to help computers recognize objects in images and video.

Code.org founder Hadi Partovi, a former Microsoft executive, aims to reverse that trend by promoting computer programming among students and educators, though there are institutional hurdles, as well.

Meta Platforms is taking another step forward in its development of artificial information tools with its release of a free chatbot designed to assist with writing computer code.

From Fortran to arXiv.org, these advances in programming and platforms sent biology, climate science and physics into warp speed.