Data-oriented programming encourages us to model data as (immutable) data, and keep the code that embodies the business logic of how we act on that data separately.

You're taking a new programming class this fall, and you don't know anything about code. Python is taught widely in schools, and it's one of the most loved programming languages because it's simple.

Ballerina’s flexible type system brings the best of statically typed and dynamically typed languages in terms of safety, clarity, and speed of development. Ballerina treats data as a first-class ...

In between, it lays down the fundamental basics of programming — data types, variables, arrays, objects, looping, and functions. It even jumps into interactive and object-oriented programming ...

All programming languages have their proponents, but not all are equally equipped with libraries for data science and machine learning. (Image: Igor Stevanovic, Getty Images/iStockphoto) ...