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.

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.

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.

Students can also switch from blocks to Javascript, or code without the Agent at any time. Minecraft Education Edition was announced for schools January 2016.

Microsoft and Code.org have partnered to release a new Hour of Code installment based around the popular Minecraft game. In this installment of Hour of Code, you learn how to control either Steve ...

Minecraft Education Edition might be the coolest version of the game. For all the differences between Bedrock Edition and Java Edition, they're still pretty much the same.

Microsoft is joining hands with Code.org to bring Minecraft to a major coding event next month.

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

Educational organization iD Tech Camps is using the block-building game to teach science and math skills.