Improve existing software. Create technologies that make everyday life better. Use computer science, and smartphones to capture more data from citizen scientists. Software is everywhere: interfaces to ...

A new year begins, and a new page opens for software development. Companies worldwide have seen how a technological tool—be it a mobile application or a website—became their best ally when it comes to ...

Prof. Robby Findler and collaborators have won the annual SIGPLAN Programming Languages Software Award for contributions to the development of the programming language Racket. This award recognizes ...

A.I. tools from Microsoft and other companies are helping write code, placing software engineers at the forefront of the technology’s potential to disrupt the work force. By Steve Lohr Steve Lohr has ...

Careers firm Hired published its 2020 State of Software Engineers report, examining various topics such as the hottest jobs in software engineering, salaries and most in-demand programming languages.

Cloud-computing giant Amazon Web Services (AWS) has outlined the reasons its engineers are embracing Rust, including that it's a more energy-efficient programming language. Just seven years ago, the ...

The role of the software developer is as central to an organization's success now as those right at the top. While they might not be involved in corporate decision making, developers are crucial to ...

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Web applications may one day surpass desktop applications in function and usability—if developers have more programming languages to choose from, according to a Google engineer. “You should have more ...

When reviewing job growth and salary information, it’s important to remember that actual numbers can vary due to many different factors—like years of experience in the role, industry of employment, ...

Software engineering is the process of applying engineering principles to analyze the needs of a specific user and then design, build and test software applications which will meet those needs.