Patrice Gans, a technology teacher and library-media specialist in Connecticut, reviews Jason Brigg's Python for Kids (No Starch Press, 2012).

Python for Kids is a book from No Starch Press that aims to teach kids ages 10 and up and their parents about the Python programming language. I happen to have an 11 year old daughter for ...

02-09-2016 SECOND SHIFT The Case For Teaching Your Kids To Code Millions of computer science jobs are being created, but there are other reasons besides job prep to teach your kid tech skills.

Microsoft YouthSpark Microsoft wants your kids to learn to code, and they have tons of free programs to get them excited. The tech giant offers free classes, camps, and an Hour of Code in their stores ...

Using a Python Interpreter You can choose to write your code in a text file, but how does it run? The Python interpreter reads the text file and runs it as Python code.

At Oracle Code 4 Kids, attendees tried sessions on programming Finch and Lego Mindstorm robots, coding games and websites with Python, JavaScript and HTML5, and learning the Java programming language.

If you're used to helping with your kids' homework but don't know your booleans from your for-loops, help is at hand ...

Group classes with four students cost $179. The most popular course is Python for ages 11-13. Most students can learn a new programming skill in three to six months of private classes, says Shen.

Python was already considered one of the easier coding languages to learn, courses like Learn to Code with Python 3 and Python in a Weekend: The Easiest Python for Beginners Course may make it ...