One of the most common questions I get from teachers and parents is: What programming language should we use to teach kids to code? Is it important to always start with block-based languages like ...

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Text-based coding: important – but perceived as difficult Python is the most widely used and fastest growing developer language in the world. It and other text-based languages have a broad application ...

While block-based code is fun and engaging, text-based programming languages have real-life applications in computer science. Educators should let students experience both block-based and text-based ...

Then they move on to block-based coding and text-based coding." Start by introducing your child to a simple game, and then work up to more complex games as they develop their skills.

With this launch, coding education takes a significant leap forward. Large Language Models (LLMs) have excelled in text-based programming languages like Python and JavaScript. However, their ...

Lucy Gill at Micro:bit Educational Foundation argues that to bridge the digital skills gap we need promote text-based coding Computing education is a business issue. The UK loses out on £6.3 billion a ...