As we've shown here on MindShift (see 5 Tools to Introduce Programming to Kids), there are lots of easy ways for kids grownups to start programming. Source: Nytimes When Howard Abrams, a software ...

Learning to program requires mastering the nitty-gritty of code syntax. Generative AI turns out to be good at that. Adding AI to intro programming courses frees students to focus on problem-solving.

Today, most programming languages use different types of structural paradigms (such as functions and object-oriented programming), but the easy-to-grasp syntax of BASIC, with its plain English ...