Coding is a useful skill in itself, but it also promotes creative problem solving and imagination. Plus, some of these classes are free!

Classes typically run an hour or two and range from teaching coding concepts through Minecraft to learning practical computing skills in Excel and PowerPoint. Programs just for girls exist, too.

Coding? You gotta start somewhere. These are the classes for beginners you need to know about.

Code in the Community is a free 10-week programming course for less-privileged children in Singapore sponsored by Google and is now in its second year.

SINGAPORE — All upper primary students (Primary 4 to 6) will attend compulsory coding enrichment classes from next year onwards, Communications and Information Minister S Iswaran announced on ...

Google today announced that Grasshopper, its tool for teaching novices how to code, is now available on the desktop, too, in the form of a web-based app.