Apple’s Swift Playgrounds platform, which the company unveiled last month and will be launching later this year, uses puzzles to teach newcomers the basics of writing computer code. The games ...

As a gear tester for WIRED’s Gadget Lab, I see that firsthand. I’m bombarded with devices designed to teach coding to ever-younger kids.

These four sites offer step-by-step tutorials that take very different approaches to programming instruction. One of them is perfect for your level of coding experience.

The websites Code.org and Scratch (scratch.mit.edu) offer fun lessons. 3. Next, learn Python, a programming language. Samaira recommends learnpython.org. 4. Finally, learn JavaScript.