JavaScript remains the most popular programming language, but two offerings from Microsoft are steadily gaining, according to developer-focused analyst firm RedMonk's first quarter 2018 ranking.

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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella at the company’s Ignite conference this morning. (Via Microsoft webcast) Microsoft says it has a created a new programming language for quantum computers, seeking to help ...

Microsoft is helping move us toward the future holy grail of quantum computing with the creation of a computing language that can run on a quantum computer. The company sees this as a fundamental step ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. It was a given that Microsoft would talk about Windows and mixed reality at its Ignite conference ...

TypeScript, Microsoft's language for building JavaScript at scale, is now one of the most popular languages with developers and hot on the heels of Apple-backed Swift. TypeScript, released by ...

Back in 2017, Microsoft unveiled Project Torino, a unique physical programming language that taught visually impaired kids the basics of coding. It was a huge step forward for accessibility, but it ...

Today Microsoft released a developer preview of TypeScript, a new JavaScript-like programming language that is translated into JavaScript so that its apps can be run in any browser. The source code is ...

In late fall 2007, Microsoft outlined its plans and goals for Oslo software-oriented architecture (SOA) technology and strategy, hinting at the same time that it had a new modeling language in the ...