Learning to code is a lot easier once you know the basics. We got you started with JavaScript, but if you want to get an idea of how that translates into a language like Java, which can be used to ...

I like it! I read the first couple and absolutely loved the first one--I point out the exact same thing when talking about programming to school kids. I think however that there is too big of a jump ...

I wish I'd have remembered it earlier this school year since my oldest is doing a Python class and is struggling a bit with concepts. (From what I've seen so far, I'm not particularly thrilled with ...

We've seen plenty of games that teach kids the basics of coding, but it's rare to see the big game publishers embrace the "edutainment" sector. The latest coding game, though, comes from Ubisoft, the ...

Two years ago, Apple introduced a new coding language, Swift, that it hoped would appeal to a new generation of developers. At its annual developer conference today, Apple highlighted the fact that ...

With the ever-increasing importance of computers in our daily lives, it's no wonder that we're trying to get our kids into computing early. With the right gadgets and games, children as young as three ...

Google has just announced that they’re working on a platform that seeks to make the basics of programming accessible to children age five and up. The project, called Bloks, isn’t a commercial endeavor ...

Earlier this month, ITworld blogger Matthew Mombrea wrote an interesting post about which programming language is the best one to learn first (his choice: Java or C#). Not surprisingly, it generated ...