ActiveState Delivers Komodo 7 IDE for Dynamic Language Development

6 February 2012, 3:12 pm

ActiveState , a provider of software development environments for dynamic language programmers, has announced version 7 of its Komodo integrated development environment (IDE), for Python, PHP, Ruby, JavaScript, Perl, web and cloud development.... Read More »

Programmer personality types: 13 profiles in code

6 February 2012, 7:39 am

To the world at large, computers are scary machines that are impossible to understand, and programmers are the mysterious geniuses who know how to manipulate them even if they are never able to fix yours for whatever reason.... Read More »

ActiveState Releases Komodo 7, "World's Fiercest IDE"

1 February 2012, 3:01 am

VANCOUVER, BC-- - ActiveState , whose software enables developers and enterprises to innovate from code to cloud smarter, faster, and safer, announced today the release of Komodo IDE 7: The world's fiercest ...... Read More »

CS Day promises Lego sumo, Kinect hacks and more

26 January 2012, 1:32 pm

February 11 event designed to introduce high school students and their parents to the fun possibilities of a computer science degree.... Read More »

Codecademy Launches Peer-to-Peer Coding Lessons

26 January 2012, 6:05 am

One of the most popular languages today is coding, and start-up Codecademy is making it possible for anyone to teach it.... Read More »

Top ten computer science teaching resources

25 January 2012, 8:18 pm

A pioneering head of ICT shares some fantastic routes into teaching children code and computing When the Guardian Teacher Network asked me to exclusively reveal a list of my top 10 resources I found it really hard to narrow my choice down to just 10. But here it is – and if you think I have left a... Read More »

Digital literacy campaign – best of your comments and ideas

18 January 2012, 5:32 pm

As Michael Gove allows schools to write their own ICT and computing curricula, here are some of the most interesting ideas you put forward during our Digital Literacy campaign Last week the Guardian launched a campaign to improve the teaching of computer science and IT in schools . Businesses had co... Read More »

3 Tips for Students to Fill the Tech Talent Gap

17 January 2012, 8:16 am

Unemployment averaged 13.7 million people in 2011, according to the U.S. Department of Labor, but despite the available workforce, companies say talent for key roles is in short supply.... Read More »

KidsRuby 1.0 Released

16 January 2012, 4:53 am

So, you have a son or daughter who is showing some interest in computer programming, but you’re not really sure where to start. What to do? Well, as a former high-school computer science teacher, I am here to strongly recommend that you start them off with a scripting language like Ruby or Python.... Read More »

Computer science reboot

11 January 2012, 10:59 am

As Michael Gove announces plans to scrap the current ICT curriculum we hear from a pioneering computing teacher It seems like a dream come true, to wake up this morning and learn that Michael Gove has formally endorsed the teaching of computing science in the school curriculum. When I first sensed ... Read More »