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I want to learn to code on my Mac. What’s the best place to start, and which language should I learn first? Programming is one the greatest skills you can possess in the modern world. And it’s easy to ...

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Before you can find a solution, you need to know how to describe the problem you’re having. Read the error message out loud so you understand what’s going on ...

R is hot. Whether measured by more than 10,000 add-on packages, the 95,000+ members of LinkedIn’s R group or the more than 400 R Meetup groups currently in existence, there can be little doubt that ...

We ran a piece last year summarizing an IEEE study of programming-language popularity based on job listings. This article fostered conversation, including debates about whether the languages IEEE used ...

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