REDMOND, Wash. — Nov. 15, 2016 — Microsoft Corp. and Code.org on Tuesday unveiled the Minecraft Hour of Code Designer, a coding tutorial for students and educators created for Hour of Code, an annual, ...

As the third annual Hour of Code approaches, Code.org is launching a “Minecraft”-themed tutorial to teach kids basic coding skills.

The tutorial is the result of a partnership between Microsoft and Code.org, a site that seeks to make coding more accessible.

The Minecraft team at Microsoft has partnered with Seattle area schools and educators to create the new Hour of Code tutorial and features in Minecraft: Education Edition.

Computer Science Week is fast approaching, and Microsoft has teamed up with the organizers behind Minecraft and Hour of Code to encourage students to pick up coding within the Minecraft environment.

Microsoft brings lots of new features and improvements to its popular open-source code editor, Visual Studio Code.

Microsoft notes it is Code.org’s largest corporate sponsor and was a founding supporter of the nonprofit. Minecraft Hour of Code tutorials, including the new Voyage Aquatic. (Microsoft Image) ...

With 30 million trials of last year’s Minecraft Hour of Code tutorial, Microsoft and Code.org believe the new offering will again introduce tens of millions to coding for the first time SINGAPORE, 16 ...