From Java and ActiveX to Flash, Houdini, and Direct3D, these 1996 releases shaped how we build apps, sites, and games today.

Yodeling has been officially recognized by the UN as part of the world's intangible cultural heritage. SCOTT SIMON, HOST: We all know yodeling, right? Alpine men and women singing across verdant ...

My little theory is that the concept of “imprinting” in psychology can just as easily be applied to programming: Much as a baby goose decides that the first moving life-form it encounters is its ...

TIOBE Programming Index News – November 2025: C# Closes In on Java Your email has been sent The November 2025 TIOBE Index brings another twist below Python’s familiar lead. C solidifies its position ...

Creating simple data classes in Java traditionally required substantial boilerplate code. Consider how we would represent Java’s mascots, Duke and Juggy: public class JavaMascot { private final String ...

June 2025 marks the 30th anniversary of Java, the language that helped define modern enterprise computing. If you had told me in 1995 that devs would still be writing and shipping production code in ...

Some programming languages, such as Rust, Go, or TypeScript, are cool. Others, including Cobol and Java, are regarded as dull. However, while Java, which turned 30 on May 23, may not be the most ...

When you're writing code, you're laying out instructions on what you'd like to see on the app you're building or the website you're designing. But there are a number of coding languages to choose from ...

Java has long been a powerhouse programming language thanks to its portability, robustness and extensive ecosystem. However, one major challenge for Java developers is interoperation with native code.

Many of today’s programmers—excuse me, software engineers—consider themselves “creatives.” Artists of a sort. They are given to ostentatious personal websites with cleverly hidden Easter eggs and ...

TIOBE Programming Language Index News (September 2024): C Loses Its Crown Your email has been sent Although C is still a powerhouse programming language, C’s difficulty with large-scale projects ...