REDMOND, Wash. — Any resistance the young people in your life may have to learning basic computer science will effectively melt on Monday, when Microsoft and the non-profit group Code.org release a ...

A student completes the Minecraft-themed coding tutorial that Microsoft built with Code.org. (Microsoft Photo) Microsoft wants to turn kids’ love of Minecraft into a love of computer programming ...

With 30 million trials of last year’s Minecraft Hour of Code tutorial, Microsoft and Code.org believe the new offering will again introduce tens of millions to coding for the first time SINGAPORE, 16 ...

Every year, various computing companies associated with Code.org help promote and manage the Hour of Code campaign aimed at inspiring students to learn how to program. The campaign is held during ...

Minecraft and Code.org are teaming up to bring a Minecraft-inspired coding tutorial to students and teachers as part of the annual Hour of Code initiative. The tutorial, created by Minecraft game ...

A "Minecraft" player just built a virtual computer that actually runs programs inside the video gaming tile after a seven-month-long process. SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 03: Lydia Winters (L) and Saxs ...

It's pretty amazing that there is even such a thing as professional Minecraft builders—teams of architects and designers who get paid to create intricate worlds from a bunch of digital blocks. Varuna ...

The wild success of Minecraft didn't come without its problems, one of which was that the original game was coded in Java. This is still the version some players prefer, for a laundry list of reasons, ...