A team of computer scientists at the University of California, San Diego, has developed a software package that allows users to learn how to program while playing the popular video game Minecraft.

As part of Computer Science Education Week, students around the world will participate in Hour of Code, a grassroots movement founded by national nonprofit Code.org to make coding more accessible.

Minecraft is a sandbox game that allows you to install all kinds of mods. Mods are third-party software that contains additional features that usually aren't available officially in the game. These ...