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Computer science coding classes deemphasize syntax as professors teach higher-level skills in AI era

AI is not just changing programming, it's also altering how students learn to code

Forward-looking: For computer science students, generative AI isn't just the future – it's the present. These smart language models are already reshaping how the next generation of programmers learns to code, with teachers giving their approach a whole new spin.

Full story By Zo Ahmed, May 6, 2024, 9:49 AM 16 comments

Software Tech Culture

BASIC's 60th anniversary reminds us of the language that democratized programming, as AI threatens to automate coding

The language that paved the way for widespread coding literacy

By Zo Ahmed, May 2, 2024, 11:41 AM

AI Industry

Jensen Huang on generative AI: Being successful won't depend on programming skills

"You don't have to be a C++ programmer to be successful. You just have to be a prompt engineer"

By Rob Thubron, March 21, 2024, 7:01 AM 8 comments

Software Download of the Week

Visual Studio Code now lets you use dictate directly in the editor

The latest version of VS Code brings many useful updates including voice dictation with multi-language support, multi-cursor inline suggestions, and Copilot suggestions for dev containers.

By Ivan Franco, March 9, 2024, 10:33 AM

Tech Culture AI

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's message to kids: generative AI means you don't need to learn coding

"Everybody in the world is now a programmer. This is the miracle of artificial intelligence"

By Rob Thubron, February 26, 2024, 5:18 AM 29 comments

Software Security

AI-generated bug reports are becoming a big waste of time for developers

Better sounding crap is still hallucinated crap, curl project creator states

By Alfonso Maruccia, January 8, 2024, 12:36 PM

AI Industry

IBM launches AI-powered Watsonx for translating COBOL programs into Java code

Bringing mainframe computing into the cloud era

By Alfonso Maruccia, October 27, 2023, 7:42 AM

Software Download of the Week

Visual Studio Code now includes a GitHub Copilot preview

Popular source-code editor, VS Code now incorporates AI tool GitHub Copilot to enhance your skills. The latest version also includes accessibility and UI improvements.

By Ivan Franco, October 6, 2023, 6:06 AM

Software AI

ChatGPT gets more than half the programming questions wrong in recent study

But ChatGPT's confidence and politeness convince some people it's right

By Rob Thubron, August 8, 2023, 8:08 AM 17 comments

AI Tech Culture

India's outsourced coders face job extinction by 2025 due to AI advancements

According to Stability AI's CEO

By Rob Thubron, July 20, 2023, 5:19 AM 12 comments

Software Download of the Week

Visual Studio 2022 arrives with several improvements, download it here

Visual Studio 2022 improves Microsoft Azure and GitHub integration, adds Live Share and Xamarin for easy cloud-based storage, and the full suite of tools for C++20.

By Ivan Franco, May 13, 2022, 2:19 PM

Download of the Week Mobile

Android Studio provides everything you need to build Android apps

Android Studio allows you to develop native mobile applications for Android devices. The IDE comes with a code editor, UI designer, and an emulator for testing. Studio is free to download and available for every major OS.

By Ivan Franco, February 25, 2022, 12:25 PM

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By TechSpot Deals, December 13, 2021, 9:56 AM

Software AI

Almost 30 percent of new GitHub code is written with AI assistance

GitHub's Copilot feature has been a success

By Cohen Coberly, October 28, 2021, 3:20 PM

Software Download of the Week

Oracle releases Java SE JDK 11.0.13

Java is used for a wide array of applications, from games like Minecraft to services like the Wikipedia. The latest version fixes numerous bugs and is available for all platforms.

By Erik Orejuela, October 20, 2021, 10:31 AM

Software Industry

Python overtakes Java, JavaScript as most popular programming language for first time in 20 years

The victory doesn't necessarily indicate it's the best, though

By Zak Islam, October 10, 2021, 10:01 AM 29 comments

Explainer: What is an API?

FEATURE By Nick Evanson, June 17, 2021, 6:12 AM TechSpot Software

Direct3D. OpenAL. Winsock. You've probably heard of these and you might have even used them before. We're talking about APIs – the golden fleece to programmers around the world. Join us as we explain just what an API is, and take a quick look at where and how they get used.