Teaching kids to code is an excellent way to pass the time for those stuck at home. Right now, Humble has an excellent pay-what-you-want ebook bundle to help keep the kids busy with Scratch, HTML ...

Zach Sims wanted to learn how to code, so he launched the online platform Codecademy five years ago, and now anyone can go there to learn programming languages from Java to Python. “I’m not a ...

Letting kids learn How would you give today’s kids get an introduction to coding? The computers we have now are more complicated than the ones I was introduced to in the mid-’80s.

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

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.

Review: Python for Kids 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.

For older kids, a better option than a readymade kit might be a introductory programming book like the well-reviewed Python for Kids and this basic Raspberry Pi setup.

Python for Kids by Jason R. Briggs (No Starch Press, 2013) is a super gentle introduction to Python and to programming in general. Rated for kids ten years and older (the back cover says 10+), the ...

Learn how to code with Python during your newfound downtime This class is on sale for $30 and will give you something to do this weekend.

While startups like Treehouse and Codecademy are bringing simple coding lessons to teens and adults, a new service launched today to help younger children learn how to code. The company is Tynker ...