IN DECEMBER 1989 Guido van Rossum, a Dutch computer scientist, set himself a Christmas project. Irked by shortcomings in other programming languages, he wanted to build his own. His principles were ...

For years now, that’s been a hugely popular stance. It’s led to educational initiatives as effortless sounding as the Hour of ...

President Barack Obama told the world that everyone should learn how to code. And now he's putting his money where his mouth is. Earlier today, to help kick-off the annual Computer Science Education ...