Professionals outside the traditional technology industry are learning how to write computer code to increase their value in the increasingly tech-oriented workforce Tyler Orton Jul 13, 2014 11:00 PM ...

Coding is like telling a computer what to do, and in games, it’s how you make stuff happen. Imagine code as a conversation between the creator and the game.

Ben Safiniuk is seven years old, and he knows how to write computer code – sort of. “Well, I have made a stickman. He’s like, ‘Hello’ and then he got sucked up into a ship,” said Ben.

Learning about basic programming before booting up a computer is like learning a little auto maintenance before driving, says a Vancouver Island University computing science professor.

"Computer science programs are still largely teaching people how to write code," says Corrales. "But in the age of AI, reading code is what's going to matter most." ...

Until recently, most computer code was written, at least originally, by human beings. But with the advent of generative artificial intelligence, that has begun to change. Now, just as you can ask ...

Ben Safiniuk is seven years old, and he knows how to write computer code – sort of. “Well, I have made a stickman. He’s like, ‘Hello’ and then he got sucked up into a ship,” said Ben. He’s a student ...