We're starting off the New Year with another overhaul of our documentation, and we're pretty excited about it. Here's a round-up of the major improvements that we've made based on the feedback from …
Newbie Syntax Blindness
For the very first step of the very first challenge that learners do in our programming curriculum, they are given one instruction: type a piece of code exactly as it's displayed. The displayed code …
Hour of Code Day 3: Coding across Cultures
One of the things I love about being a programmer is that it’s given me the opportunity to meet programmers from so many different cultures, languages, and countries, because programming is something …
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Hour of Code Day 2: Coding is Creative
We often talk about coding as a way to solve problems, but it is also a way to create new things that never existed before. It can be a medium for creation, just like paints for artists, ingredients …
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Hour of Code Day 1: Coding is Caring
Since I’m a woman in technology and that’s considered a rare find, I often get asked the question, “How did you start programming?” and I respond with this story: When I was a kid, I was a bit …
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Call for volunteers: Caption and translate our programming talk-throughs
In computer programming, our "videos" aren't actual videos - they're interactive coding talk-throughs, where an audio file is synced to a playback of code typing. That means we can't take advantage of …
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