Code.org recently launched a Star Wars-themed “Hour of Code” tutorial, and today they’re geeking it up a notch: a brand-new program is based in the world ...

Minecraft: Education Edition can now teach kids how to code with the new Code Builder tool and the 'Agent', an in-game robot. Mojang will add Command Blocks in Education Edition later this year.

Code.org’s tutorials help introduce the basics of coding, but if you want to dig a little deeper with Minecraft (pun intended), the game itself offers its own version of in-game programming, but ...

Over the course of about an hour, the tutorial helps kids understand the basics of computer science by showing them how to get Alex or Steve–the closest thing Minecraft has to female and male ...

Can a 3D Minecraft implementation be done entirely in CSS and HTML, without a single line of JavaScript in sight? The answer is yes! True, this small clone is limited to playing with blocks in a ...

The software will give users access to a modding studio, where they can code their own modifications to Minecraft, known as mods. Users can choose between two programming languages, Javascript or ...

The Star Wars tutorial, also in beta, offers both the blocks code and a JavaScript version intended for older kids ages 11 and up (but depending on your child, it’s totally doable for younger ...

Students can also switch from blocks to Javascript, or code without the Agent at any time. Minecraft Education Edition was announced for schools January 2016 .

Code Builder extension hits Minecraft: Education Edition. ... For instance, people who know JavaScript can code directly in that language without the in-game robot, according to The Verge.

Microsoft is leveraging Minecraft Education Edition for schools, with a new Code Builder tool that wraps coding in with building. Announced alongside Windows 10 S… ...