Now the challenge is figuring out how to make creating code as easy as using it. Osmo does that by turning abstract “building blocks” of computer programs into actual, real-world building blocks.

Cozmo Code Lab Makes Robot Programming Easy As Dragging Blocks. By ... What might represent 9,000+ lines of code in the underlying software can be summoned with a short sequence in the new Code Lab.

Phrogram: Making programs fun, easy . Originally published October 30, ... He said code is traditionally written with blocks of logic between curly braces — the { and } keys.

Cozmo has 340 parts, and it also has 1.4 million lines of software code. But it didn’t take long for people to get bored with Cozmo’s limited functionality (I saw this in my own house).

They've designed a set of blocks---physical, electrical blocks---that you can snap together to form a real program. Using these blocks, you could create a musical instrument or an automated toy or ...

Minecraft: Education Edition can now teach kids how to code with the new Code Builder tool and the 'Agent', an in-game robot. Mojang will add Command Blocks in Education Edition later this year.

Once rolled out, paste/write your code and then Insert > Building blocks, which will offer a new “Code block” menu. The five available options are C/C++, Java, JavaScript, Python, and Unset.