Microsoft brings lots of new features and improvements to its popular open-source code editor, Visual Studio Code.

This tutorial, part of a larger, free online C++ language guide, provides step-by-step lessons for creating a range of loops and statements in C++, what they do and how they’re used.

For its annual Hour of Code, Code.org is harnessing the force of Star Wars to get kids interested in computer science.

The tutorial is part of Hour of Code, in which kids can take an hour to learn some coding basics. The Star Wars tutorial will be available starting Monday.

With Princess Leia, C-3PO and R2D2, Code.org says users will be able to "learn to write code that allows them to create fun challenges and games".