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

The computer will then execute the resulting program — this is the end product of coding. In actual day-to-day coding, though, there are additional quality control and error-correction steps.

In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, a nationwide computer science immersion program sets up shop at a couple Virginia elementary schools. The NewsHour’s Student Reporting Labs has the story.

Computer programmers are urging that K-12 students be introduced to computer coding—designing and writing source code for computers—early in their school careers, due to a growing scarcity of ...

I was 5 or 6 when I got my first sense of the joys of computer programming. This was in the early 1980s, when few people had a computer. One day, my dad brought home a Sinclair ZX Spectrum, one of ...

More young students of today will be the computer science leaders of tomorrow. Even now, young students learn "coding language" and how to use it to create new programs.

Vibe coding is a buzzy phrase that describes using AI language tools to write software. You enter a natural language phrase for what you want – to a point – and get back code.