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The first thing that comes to our mind for the term programming language is C. It is a decade old general-purpose high-level programming language which has defied all norms of popularity. The language has been given the name C because it succeeds another language called B. C is one of the most popular computer programming languages which has existed since the last 44 years. It was created by the famous American programmer Dennis Ritchie – with the help of Ken Thompson – while working at Bell Labs. Most of us have this curiosity that why is the programming language named after a single alphabet. And why it is C, not any other letter. Anyways, we would have questioned the name of the programming language even if a different letter was used. So, let’s focus on the story instead. The naming of C doesn’t involve any crunchy fiction story, like in the case the Linux Penguin Tux. It is said Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux, contracted penguinitis after a man-eating penguin running at ...

SyntaxDB calls itself a programming syntax database that wishes to eliminate the need to use Google to search syntax during coding. It allows you to search your syntax queries and shows you helpful results along with further documentation. Currently, SyntaxDB supports nine popular programming languages. V ery often programmers new to the field ask if is it okay to use Google and Stack Overflow to look up some syntax. The answer is yes — searching the web is a routine task of a good developer and its frequency even increases with time. Using Google doesn’t make you a bad programmer. Instead, it makes you even better at it and teaches you new things. To make things even easier for programmers, Anthony Nguyen, a software developer studying at Queen’s University, has created  SyntaxDB . This website calls itself the programming syntax database and allows you to search your required query. Nguyen calls it helpful for those who often visit Google to look for their programming ...

Willing to learn new software skills and programming languages in 2017? Well, you’re at the right place. According to a career website, skills with lower job openings rank higher on the list of the highest paying programming languages. While Languages like Objective-C, Scala, and Go help one rake in big bucks, evergreen languages like SQL, Java, and C++ continue to create a large number of jobs. R ecently, we told you about the  20 highest paying software skills  for developers. Based on the data from the job site Indeed, this showed favorable conditions for software engineers with the knowledge of cloud-based skills. Overall, Amazon Web Services like DynamoDB and MapReduce turned out to be the winner. Different career-focused websites keep conducting surveys, collecting industry data, and publishing them on their blogs. Recently, I came across a post by the Paysa Blog, which was named  Silicon Valley’s Most Valuable Skills. I found that blog pretty interesting, part...

Even though there’s not a definite answer, Plankalkül, pronounced “Plan Calculus”, is regarded as the world’s first high-level programming language for computers. Created by German engineer Konrad Zuse between 1942 and 1945, the language didn’t receive much attention. The popular languages that followed Plankalkül were Fortran and Lisp. E very other day, we come across the release of some new programming language. While popular languages like Java and C++ continue to impress us with their timeless nature, comparatively newer languages like Go and Swift are attracting the newer crowd. But, did you ever wonder what was the world’s first programming language? Since Ada Lovelace (1840s) is widely regarded as the first programmer, the “set of symbols” she was using would comprise the first programming language–right? Probably because Babbage’s machine was never built and he didn’t have anything that could be called a programming language. There are others who fi...

Learning coding  from scratch could be a tough task and it could take years of hard work to master a language. So here I am going to address the biggest problem a beginner faces: How to pick up my first programming language? R ecently I came across with a very enriching infographic that addressed the same question.  Udacity  has utilized the date of the top ten programming languages in the US (provided by IEEE Spectrum) to pick the best programming language for you as a beginner. The basis on which this infographic is made varies from location, your lifestyle and the potential growth in career after selecting that particular language. Based on the flexibility, Python or C++ comes first as it allows you work on the variety of fields such as gaming to making of embedded systems. JS or PHP prepares you for a web development career. Similar observations and trends are made based on the  average pay per year,  geography and popularity. Take a look at the infographic ...

Readability is the path to more interesting projects within a career. Readability is the path to knowing what you wrote 5 years ago, and makes code reuse actually viable Readability is the path to acquiring protégées that can learn from your style. Readability that is understandable by others allows people to appreciate your code at a level of architecture, not just functional. Readability is the path of lease resistance when you have a bug in your code. Readability is the how you put ideas into understandable text and syntax, much like writing a paragraph in natural language. Readability is somehow not a priority for most other developers, however it’s probably pretty important to your development director, if you work for one. Readability is more important than most believe. With moore’s law, it’s even more important to focus on readability than pre-mature optimization. Here’s more: Most schools and colleges teach computer science like trade school skills. How to fix a car. How to be...

Programmers have high demands these days because of the Growing Startups if one is interested in the best carrier and want to make the best of his life they need to know the popular programming language in the enterprise. The stats were imported from the ZDNET, on the search keyword of the popular programming language, they have prepared a pretty good list that uses the data from the PYPL(popularity of the Programming language), primary , which looks at the popular programming languages on the Google and uses a search engine to aggregate the results. Programming languages differ from natural languages in that natural languages are only used for interaction between people, while programming languages also allow humans to communicate instructions to machines. They said that the list is the ultimate choice 1. Java 2. C 3. Python 4. C++ 5. JavaScript 6. C# 7. PHP 8 Swift 9. Objective-C 10. R The list is taken from the Following chart The description of a programming language is usually...

The year 2017 has arrived. So, this year, are you ready to learn a new programming language and boost your skill set? If your answer is yes, you’re at the right place. GitHub’s recent data gives us a pretty good idea about the best popular programming languages that you need to learn in 2017. Our top recommendations are Java, JavaScript, Swift, and Python. T hese days, skilled programmers are in great demand. Over the past decade, coding jobs have become mainstream, creating millions of employment opportunities every year. If you’re new to the programming world, there are many ways to choose your first programming language. You can analyze the needs — app development, web application, web design — and choose the programming language. If you’re looking for a useful and easy language to get started, Python can help you out. Those who are already having the knowledge of programming, are taking the polyglot approach. The programmers are learning programming languages and impr...

Every hacking beginner can have plenty of doubts like: “Which programming language should I learn for Hacking ?”, Programming Languages For Hacking: 1# For Web App / Pentesting / Hacking: HTML:  Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) is the basics for creating web pages and other information that can be displayed in a web browser. So if you don’t know HTML you should first learn it. JavaScript:  Learning JavaScript. It will help you to understand the basics of Cross Site Scripting. PHP / SQL:  The majority of web applications are written using PHP and MySQL. So it is a must to learn PHP. 2# For Writing/Understanding Exploits, Shell Codes, Rootkits etc: C & C++:  More than 60 % of the exploits you will find on the web are written in C & C ++. Learning C & C++ will help you to understand about Buffer overflows, Stack overflow etc – so learning C and C ++ is a must for every Hacker/Pentester. Assembly:  Learning assembly will help you in Writing/understanding...