So in 2014 he launched Operation Code. Molina targeted his nonprofit to helping veterans who want to get into programming but don’t know how to start.

Here's how Repl.it, an online coding platform, is bringing together kids from around the world and helping them learn to code and build projects.

According to numbers released today, Code.org’s film has been viewed well over 12 million times in the two weeks since it was released. And the response was incredible particularly in the first ...