That was almost 50 years ago; since then, Microsoft has embraced open-source software. In recent years, Microsoft has started ...

You may have seen Minecraft used to teach programming or even mods that allow some in-game programming, but writing BASIC code inside Minecraft? That's virtually unheard of... until now. SethBling ...

Microsoft’s version of BASIC was one of the first programming languages that the general public came into contact with, ...

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 ...

And the thing that made it possible was a programming language called BASIC. John Kemeny shows off his vanity license plate in 1967 Adrian N. Bouchard / Dartmouth College ...

Researchers at North Carolina State University are trying to uncover the secrets of building engaging educational games by studying the ways kids play a new 3-D game that teaches basic programming ...

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

Before BASIC, life in the computer programming world was complicated. The first generation mainframe computers were essentially programmed as they were assembled, like a jigsaw puzzle with ...

The use of commercial video games helps students to learn basic programming Research detects an increase in the confidence of students who play and recommends establishing certain didactic ...