Last summer, after watching an inspiring showcase featuring apps created by young coders using Apple's Swift Playgrounds programming language, I resolved to enlist my kids to develop an iPhone app.

The Computer Science Department at Stanford University will offer a course in iPhone programming in the Fall Semester, according to its latest course schedule. It is unclear at this point whether ...

Smart move, Microsoft. Smart. Move. In an effort to bolster app development for its new Windows Phone 7 platform, Microsoft has given app makers a new tool that eases the burden of programming their ...