Have you heard of Julia programming? If not, you probably will soon. This dynamic high-level programming language is able to meet the unique needs of scientific computing while still being an effective tool for general-purpose coding, web development, and specification...
Named after the famous French mathematician and philosopher Blaise Pascal, Pascal is a procedural computer programming language that encourages the use of structured programming practices and data structuring. Pascal is the brainchild of Swiss computer scientist Nikalus Wirth. He had...
Originally developed by Michael DeHaan back in 2012, Ansible is a simplistic, open-source IT automation engine that’s used to configure and manage computers, combine multi-node software development, execute ad hoc tasks, automate cloud provisioning, and other related IT tasks. Because...
Easy to Learn Like all programming languages, there’s some initial investment of your time and energy required to learn PHP. With all things considered, though, PHP is relatively easy to learn, even if you have no prior knowledge of programming....
Java Standard Edition (SE) 8 was initially released on March 18, 2014, introducing several features into the general-purpose programming language, some of which includes language-level support for lambda expressions, a runtime environment in which developers can embed JavaScript code, annotation...
While there’s no rule stating that you must validate your Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), doing so will almost certainly prove beneficial. By running your code through a validator, you’ll be able to check it for syntax errors and other problems....
The dynamic, uninterpreted computer programming language JavaScript has been named the #1 most used language, according to a bi-annual report published by RedMonk. Of course, this shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone who keeps up with RedMonk’s bi-annual programming...
Originally created by Danish-Canadian programmer Rasmus Lerdorf in 1994, PHP is a general-purpose programming language that’s commonly used in the deployment of server-side scripts. It’s powered by the open-source platform Zend Engine, and can either be embedded directly into HTML or...
Structured Query Language, or what’s more commonly known as SQL, is a special-purpose programming language that’s used to interact with databases. It works by analyzing and understanding databases consisting of fields of data within tables. SQL has roots dating back...
Created by Danish-Canadian programmer Rasmus Lerdorf in 1994, PHP is a popular server-side scripting language that’s commonly used for web development. If you’re new the world of PHP, you may encounter messages embedded into the code. Known as “comments,” they...