To help lower the barrier to entry in learning how to code, Microsoft has teamed up with Code.org to offer kid friendly coding tutorials using the medium of the popular block-building game, Minecraft.

Microsoft knows that Minecraft can get kids into programming, and it's banking on that strategy again this year. It just teamed up with Code.org to introduce the Minecraft Hour of Code Designer, a ...

The latest new feature in Minecraft: Education Edition makes it possible for students to learn how to code while playing the game.

Check out our best Minecraft skins. 'Minecraft Hour of Code' is available to play in your browser, and aims to get you au fait with the basics of coding in a stripped-down version of Minecraft.

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.

Teaching kids to code, using Minecraft's building blocks Young Minecraft architects can now start getting an education in programming while they play the popular 3D video game.

First "Star Wars," now "Minecraft." Microsoft and Code.org, a nonprofit that aims to expose students to computer science, have unveiled a Minecraft coding tutorial for kids and educators. This is ...