Understanding coding would give our kids a foundation in understanding how technology works, serving them well even if they do not become professional programmers.

They use it for essential coding languages, including Python, SQL, R, and BI tools. However, there are several roles for data analytics that require comparatively lesser coding.

Basic coding skills remain essential even as artificial intelligence increasingly assists in software development, according to Google 's head of research and vice president Yossi Matias.

Years ago, I wrote a piece suggesting that computer coding should be a basic requirement in junior high schools. I compared it to a required class I myself took in grade school: Typing, a skill ...

With many schools offering relatively little in the way of computer science course, a growing number of young students are turning to private coding programs.

Families are wondering how to prepare their children for computer science and coding lessons that will become part of the Japanese elementary school curriculum in 2020.