Classes typically run an hour or two and range from teaching coding concepts through Minecraft to learning practical computing skills in Excel and PowerPoint. Programs just for girls exist, too.

Parents see programming, computing skills as essential for their children in the future. Forget traditional enrichment classes to learn ballet or play the piano. More children are being sent for ...

Coding? You gotta start somewhere. These are the classes for beginners you need to know about.

If I wanted to be relevant, I would need to hack what I was learning. Every class I attended that quarter made almost no sense to me—just like my old math classes.