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.

Hands-on experience is the most direct way to get better at programming. Watching videos or reading tutorials only gets you ...

The best books to learn how to code The best way to learn to code may involve you getting up close and personal with a real book that you can follow from beginning to end.

Codecademy bills itself as “the easiest way to learn how to code,” and thanks to this startup, learning to code online has never been so accessible.

If you're specifically interested in web coding then Dash is an excellent, free introduction to the basics that runs in your browser and covers HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. You can see your code in ...