Code.org’s tutorial uses Minecraft scenes and challenges inspired from the game. It prompts the slow building-up of Javascript skills via its interactive interface.

Microsoft and Code.org have come together to debut Minecraft Designer, a free tutorial for students aged 6 and up that uses the Minecraft environment to teach coding.

Advanced students, meanwhile, can write in raw JavaScript and produce content that you wouldn't think was possible in Minecraft's cuboid universe, such as a Tetris mini-game.

Microsoft has announced a partnership with Code.org, a non-profit dedicated to expanding access to computer science, that will teach kids the basics of programming using Minecraft. Microsoft ...

Microsoft® Selects Tynker as Coding Solution for Minecraft: Education Edition. Tynker’s visual building block programming language seamlessly integrat ...

MakeCode is a new block-based coding environment that gives students superpowers in the Minecraft world to learn coding.

A team of computer scientists has developed a software package that allows users to learn how to program while playing the popular video game.

Over the course of about an hour, the tutorial helps kids understand the basics of computer science by showing them how to get Alex or Steve–the closest thing Minecraft has to female and male ...