Understanding how to create an algorithm (step-by-step instructions) to tackle an assignment, and coming up with the best way to write this in code, is probably the hardest part. Programming languages ...

When I originally drafted this article in early 2023, I threw the classic "Hello, world" programming assignment against the 12 most popular languages in O'Reilly Media's popularity rankings for 2023.

A programming paradigm is the structure and approach of a programming language. Put simply, this is a style or a way of programming, sometimes referred to as a way of thinking about computing and ...