As iOS and Mac become more friendly to amateur programmers, learning to code and build your own apps has never been more tempting. And you don’t need to set foot in an expensive school to do so.

Shelby Brown (she/her/hers) is an editor for CNET's services team. She covers tips and tricks for apps, operating systems and devices, as well as mobile gaming and Apple Arcade news. Shelby also ...

You can’t go to Hogwarts to learn magic, but the Harry Potter Kano Coding Kit teaches programming as if you’re in the Wizarding World. It comes with a wireless wand, and you flick and swish through ...

Jefferson-Morgan seventh-grader Anthony Mason uses a Harry Potter wand to learn computer coding during a new class that started last year. As muggles, they may not have gotten acceptance letters from ...

At the core of every video game you play, every online purchase that you make, and every feed that you scroll — a ton of code has been written. As digital architects continue to dream up and build ...

Harry Potter never learned computer code, but a London-based startup plans to help Muggle children do so with the famous wizard’s help. Aspiring young developers will be able to use a new coding kit ...

Learning how to code will allow you to do everything from build complex apps to make your smart lights flash when you receive an email. Here's our guide on how to get started. When you purchase ...

Microsoft Visual Studio Code is a flexible, cross-platform editor that can be transformed into a full-blown IDE for most any language or workflow. Over the past few years, it has exploded in ...

In this article, I'll be exploring the basics of Python, i.e. variables, input and output. You'll need Python (2.7+), a computer, and some free time. Variables Simply put, variables are like envelopes ...