Summer 2022 Updates to the CodeHS Web Design Course — Semantic Tags, Bootstrap Upgrade, and More! We are excited to announce that the CodeHS curriculum team is working on a revised version of Web Design. This revision will reflect changes to HTML5 since the original course was released and implement feedback from our teachers, while keeping the course components that have made it such a popular…

Summer 2022 Updates to the CodeHS Intro to JavaScript Course — ES6, Updated Videos, and More! We are excited to announce that the CodeHS curriculum team is working on a revised version of Introduction to Computer Science in JavaScript. This revision will reflect changes to the JavaScript language since the original course was released and implement feedback from our teachers, while keeping the course components that…

Calling All 2021–22 High School Seniors Who Plan to Pursue Computer Science After High School — CodeHS serves as a platform for students of all ages to develop a passion for computer science and coding. With that, we wish to support CodeHS students who choose to continue their computer science journeys after high school. CodeHS is proud to announce the CodeHS Scholarship Program! We are committing…

By Komal Arshid, Software Developer at General Motors — Hi, my name is Komal. I am a Software Developer at General Motors (GM). I graduated from Arizona State University with a degree in Computer Information Systems (CIS). I had a unique start to my CIS journey. As a pre-med major, I was looking for a backup career where I…

Justin started out coding in JavaScript on CodeHS, and is now pursuing an exciting business and programming career. — One of our favorite things to hear are student stories who pursue computer science beyond high school. We recently caught up with a former CodeHS student, Justin Gluska, who is now studying Computer Science with a minor in Information, Design, and Startups (IDS) at Syracuse University. …

4 New Courses and 2 Pathways to Meet Georgia’s Latest CS Requirements — Spring is a great time of year for Georgia educators. The weather is improving and you can just about taste summer vacation on the horizon! …

By Adrian Soghoian, Principal Software Engineer at The Commons Project — Tell us about your background. I started working in the tech industry after finishing my undergraduate degree at Columbia, where I studied math and physics. It makes me feel old to say it, but that was 12 years ago! I started my career at Google, and then formed a start-up tech company of my own…

How One Computer Science Teacher in Florida Recruits Computer Science Students — Hello, I’m Julia Moak, a Computer Science Teacher at MAST (Maritime and Science Technology) Academy in Florida. After 17 years in corporate finance/information systems and a few more years being a dedicated stay-at-home-mom, I decided to go into teaching. I entered the field through the Miami Teaching Fellows, a program…

A Teaching Tip for CodeHS Game Design Courses — Most games have a defined structure or architecture for the overall game program. The game program can be divided into three main parts: Initialization (Init or Start) Game Loop (Main or Update) Termination (Cleanup or Quit) There are some functions and setup blocks of code that may exist in a…