Coding articles

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  What can Python and the New York Times tell us about gender?

  By Adi Robertson on May 10, 2013 03:34 pm + 56 comments

  How much can a handful of Python scripts reveal about our world? Neal Caren, an assistant professor Continue reading…

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  Will.i.am, Mark Zuckerberg, and Chris Bosh tell America's kids to learn to code

  By Adi Robertson on February 26, 2013 01:18 pm + 98 comments

  If the host of online coding tools, mentorship programs, and paeans to the value of a STEM education Continue reading…

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  Codecademy teaches users to work with APIs from YouTube, NPR and more

  By Ben Popper on January 9, 2013 12:00 pm + 8 comments

  Since it launched last year, New York startup Codecademy has helped to fill the huge demand for Continue reading…

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  'The Art of Creative Coding' explores the intersection of art and programming

  By Kimber Streams on January 4, 2013 10:30 am + 10 comments

  In the latest installment of its Off Book web series, PBS explores the ways in which coding can be Continue reading…

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  Estonia to make coding part of first-grade education

  By Adi Robertson on September 7, 2012 11:29 am + 56 comments

  An new curriculum in Estonia will teach students to code, starting at age seven. A few days ago, a Continue reading…

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  Learn to build a Raspberry Pi operating system, courtesy of Cambridge University

  By Adi Robertson on September 3, 2012 03:11 pm + 18 comments

  The $25 or $35 Raspberry Pi computer is a favorite of coders, who've turned it into a synth and e Continue reading…

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  Coding.fm brings the keyboard noise so you don't have to

  By Sam Byford on August 30, 2012 02:37 am + 13 comments

  We know the feeling. Faced with a menacingly blank TextMate window, you're finding it hard to get Continue reading…

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  Raspberry Pi creator Eben Upton on how and why to get kids coding

  By Adi Robertson on August 8, 2012 08:26 am + 24 comments

  The Linux-based Raspberry Pi computer is tiny, cheap, and very popular. But while plenty of adults Continue reading…

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  Mozilla launches Thimble site-building app for HTML novices

  By Amar Toor on June 19, 2012 02:09 am + 3 comments

  Mozilla added a new app to its Webmaker suite today, with the launch of Thimble — a tool designed Continue reading…

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  Google Blockly: an easy, visual way to learn to code

  By Adi Robertson on June 12, 2012 04:14 pm + 30 comments

  We've discussed how to learn to code before, but Blockly combines the simplicity of a good set of Continue reading…