Matt Lerner I wanted to expose my kids to programming because it’s a great skill and a powerful way of thinking. And my kids spend enough time playing Angry Birds and Cut the Rope on my iPhone ...

By guest blogger Patrice Gans Jason Briggs’ new book, Python for Kids: A Playful Introduction to Programming (No Starch Press, 2012), could not have hit the market at a better time.

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. I happen to have an 11 year old daughter for ...

Scratch Jr. is designed for kids who are still learning to read, and has no variables or conditionals, which may be too confusing at their age. Python offers extensions to support many types of ...

Learn Python the fun way, using gamified apps that turn coding into a game. Earn points, solve puzzles, and build real skills ...

Kids as young as 10 years old can dive into Python and start their coding journey with confidence. It sets them up for success and makes learning programming a fun experience.

Programming resources for kids 101 Scratch, Lego Mindstorm and Microsoft's Kodu are efforts that may help stoke the programming fires in your little ones. Written by Larry Dignan, Contributor ...

Python is a high-level language, so it’s not suitable for system-level programming—device drivers or OS kernels are out of the picture. It’s also not ideal for situations that call for cross ...