A new model of declarative programming languages has emerged for building infrastructure as code, promising more simplicity and safety than imperative languages. In the last dozen years or so, we’ve ...

Microsoft Visual Studio Code is a flexible, cross-platform editor that can be transformed into a full-blown IDE for most any language or workflow. Over the past few years, it has exploded in ...

Microsoft has released the March update for its popular Python extension for Visual Studio Code (VS Code), its widely used cross-platform code editor. It's also released an update for Java on VS Code ...

Some network teams are finding power and simplicity in the shift from telling devices what to do, using imperative programming, to describing what they should be, using declarative programming.

Learn how to code with the best Python courses available, helping you unlock new job opportunities with the in-demand skill. Shelby Brown (she/her/hers) is an editor for CNET's services team. She ...

This guide explores what Python is used for, how it compares to other programming languages and developer resources for building skills in Python. With over 10.1 million developers using Python, the ...

Jenkins provides two different syntaxes for pipelines. When DevOps engineers write a Jenkins pipeline, they can choose between declarative and scripted. The differences between the two are both subtle ...

One of the most common questions I get from teachers and parents is: What programming language should we use to teach kids to code? Is it important to always start with block-based languages like ...

Last month, Adina Howe took up a post at Iowa State University in Ames. Officially, she is an assistant professor of agricultural and biosystems engineering. But she works not in the greenhouse, but ...