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 ...

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.

One of the most common questions I get from teachers and parents is: What programming language should we use to teach kids to code? Is it important to always start with block-based languages like ...

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 ...

Python is one of the best programming languages to learn. The brainchild of Guido van Rossum, it is a programming language loved by kids for its simplicity and user-friendliness.

Programming languages: Python rides high but Groovy is cool again with developers Groovy sees a jump in popularity after years on the periphery of Tiobe's top 50 programming-language rankings.