Finding top-notch developers to join your team is difficult enough. Finding ones who also document their code can seem like a minor miracle. Let’s ignore user-facing documentation for now. Manuals, ...

The problem with documenting code is that if you do it too early, it's just another thing to keep updated along with the code. And if you wait until the end, then you have no time or inclination to ...

There are few things more challenging in software development than acquiring a code base with little to no documentation and being required to maintain it. Documentation doesn't just tell an engineer ...

Programming statements that can be easily understood by another programmer or even by the original author. Some languages are inherently more self-documenting than others. For example, to the novice, ...

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 ...

As iOS and Mac become more friendly to amateur programmers, learning to code and build your own apps has never been more tempting. And you don’t need to set foot in an expensive school to do so.

I’ve always wanted to learn how to code. I’d like to at least learn enough of a programming language to create some basic automations—or figure out some neat ways to control the various LED lighting ...

The January 2021 update to the Python Extension for Visual Studio Code is out with a short list of new features headed by a data viewer used while debugging. Python for VS Code comes with the Python ...

In this article, I'll be exploring the basics of Python, i.e. variables, input and output. You'll need Python (2.7+), a computer, and some free time. Variables Simply put, variables are like envelopes ...