Gradual typing has emerged as a compelling approach to reconcile the strengths of static and dynamic type systems. By permitting programmers to incrementally annotate code, it enables early detection ...

A colleague recently asked me, “Have you noticed that the better developers we’ve worked with are also fast typists?” I acknowledged that I had noticed relatively quick typing speed to be a common ...

Strong typing is not simply about avoiding bugs. It’s also about following sound software engineering principles and checking consistency at various levels. The notion of strong typing often is ...

Years ago, back in the days when there were "mainframe" computers but very few "home" computers, a typing teacher brought her brand of instruction to the home-computer monitor. It was late 1987, and ...

's technology program isn't just about typing and PowerPoint slides. Grant Poujade, the school's full-time technology teacher, wants kids to feel like designers, engineers and inventors. In his class, ...