Natural Language Programming AIs are taking the drudgery out of coding But how long until they take the human out of it as well?

Perhaps one of the most impressive projects to date is TransCoder, an AI system Facebook researchers developed that converts code from one programming language into another.

Last year they updated the functional language results, and all the setups, benchmarks, and collected data can be found here. Check out the paper for more details.

We aggregated data from nine rankings to produce the ZDNET Index of Programming Language Popularity. Here's which languages came out on top and what to make of this information.

Not your typical way to learn a language, I know I know. Using a "research assistant" to learn a programming language you haven’t ever touched before sounds weird and unconventional. But hear me ...

What is the best first programming language for new developers to learn? It might just be the programming right in front of you. They're all pretty similar under the hood.