Reading software code is different to reading written language, but it also doesn't rely on parts of the brain activated by maths.

But I still needed to read through thousands of lines of Python code to make sure I knew which part did what, and where I could put the new features I had in mind. That’s where it got ...

The MIT researchers found that reading Python code appears to activate both the left and right sides of the multiple demand network, and ScratchJr activated the right side slightly more than the left.

More than 20 programming experienced people with knowledge of Python and ScratchJr participate in each of the two experiments, read the code of Python or ScratchJr while scanning the brain ...

Java for Visual Studio Code now gets SonarLint 'spellchecker' tool, while the Python extension gets a new debugger.

I’ve been hacking on that PD stack, and now I’m slowly reformatting it from a bundle of functions into object-based code – Python makes that a breeze. Remember the Sony Vaio board?