As part of our mini-series on programming languages, James Fransham makes the case for R being the best language for data journalism and our team shares their tips for getting started with it.

According to Coding Dojo's annual Top Programming Languages report, PHP hit an all-time low. Python continues to dominate the top position.

R is a programming language & software environment used by statisticians & data miners. RStudio is an integrated development environment for R.

If you're brand new to computer programming, you might not know where to begin — but have no fear! Use this guide to find out what makes each programming language unique and the best place to ...

The R programming language is an important tool for development in the numeric analysis and machine learning spaces. With machines becoming more important as data generators, the popularity of the ...

Interest in the open source R language keeps rising, making it the candidate for TIOBE's programming language of the year.

The R programming language has been around since the early 90s. While it’s always been a workhorse among those charged with sorting and manipulating large data sets, the open source language may ...

Most data journalists would agree that coding has become a core component of good data journalism. But disagreement persists over which programming language is best. Is it R or Python?

The R programming language is quickly gaining popular ground against the traditional statistics packages such as SPSS, SAS and MATLAB, at least according to one data statistician who teaches the ...

Programming languages Python and R are often pitted against each other over which is best for data science and analysis. Both are popular, although Python appears to be much more widely used, at ...