Now a growing realisation among educators that this gap needs to be filled is prompting a new revolution, in the belief that teaching children how to code will give them a skill for life.

This Visual Studio Code for Java tutorial shows you how to install the Java extensions pack for VS Code, create a Java project and run a simple program.

Experimental Videogame Teaches Kids How to Program Java Many videogames let you cast your very own magic spells. Usually, this involves pressing the right button on your mouse.

At Oracle Code 4 Kids, attendees tried sessions on programming Finch and Lego Mindstorm robots, coding games and websites with Python, JavaScript and HTML5, and learning the Java programming language.

Hackaball gives kids the power to program their own games, and takes coding outside.