Computer science fields are dominated by men, but at Santa Barbara High School, Wood says putting programming in the art context makes it more attractive to a wide variety of students.

Clip: Special | 12m 16s |Video has closed captioning. Valerie Brock & Jorge Gallardo draw shapes step-by-step to introduce computer programming.

Its gamelike software, The Foos, teaches basic computer programming skills — "the ABCs of coding"— with no reading necessary. It's aimed at children as young as 5, and it has been downloaded ...

Autodesk CEO Andrew Anagnost says that as AI tools allow more people to code, other skills will become more important.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average salary for a computer programmer was $77,550 per year in 2014. Most computer programmers have a Bachelor’s degree.

The process of writing computer programs is known as coding. Until recently, most computer code was written, at least originally, by human beings.

This doodle shows some of these parts of computer science; coding is just one of them. Credit: Sheena Vaidyanathan. See larger image. Computer science is about solving problems using computers and ...

When Nadia Peguero’s friend called to say signups were starting for computer coding classes at her local library, the Bronx mom rushed over — even though she was in the middle of preparing dinner.

But coding is a complex, confusing, and abstract concept that’s difficult to learn as an adult and particularly hard for young children to understand. Root might be able to change that.