Tech giant Microsoft (MSFT) wants to encourage more children to develop an interest in coding. It's pitch? Try an hour-long online coding tutorial developed by the team behind the popular game ...

MakeCode is a new block-based coding environment that gives students superpowers in the Minecraft world to learn coding.

Code.org recently launched a Star Wars-themed “Hour of Code” tutorial, and today they’re geeking it up a notch: a brand-new program is based in the world of Minecraft. The tutorial is the ...

The event, called "Coding for Minecraft," is scheduled for Tuesday from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The program, intended for children ages 8 to 12, requires advance registration.

Microsoft is joining hands with Code.org to bring Minecraft to a major coding event next month.

You may have seen Minecraft used to teach programming or even mods that allow some in-game programming, but writing BASIC code inside Minecraft? That's virtually unheard of... until now. SethBling ...