Articles and series about getting started in open source. We share tutorials, tips, and advice—plus, great open source projects and communities for those new to open source.
As a student, getting involved in open source is a great way to improve your programming skills. From my experience, it can even help kickstart your career. But where do you…
A couple of decades ago, if you spent every day in chat rooms with your friends, you were a nerd. Today if you do the same thing, you're just the average Facebook user. And so…
While researching my article about Python Turtle Graphics for Opensource.com, I came across Bryson Payne's new book, Teach Your Kids to Code. It's extremely well written, and…
Teachers across the globe have answered the call to code. "Yes," they say, "we will teach our kids to program, even if we don't know how ourselves." They've delivered lessons…
In 2014, the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics predicted that the IT industry in the US would grow by 18% before 2022; in software development, the increases ranged…
I recently stumbled upon two websites for learning coding and programming skills: CodeCombat and Codewars. Both use a free software philosophy (all code examples are open…
