Series: Programming with Minecraft

Introduction to Programming Minecraft Addons

My kids are home from school and they have expressed interest in learning to program. So i’ve decided to try to introduce them to that world, in a hopefully much more entertaining way than starting with theory. It turns out the Bedrock edition of Microsoft can be modded using JSON and Javascript. This is a great way of easing into programming. There was so much we could do and quickly by just modifying JSON files. [Read More]

Intro to Programming with Minecraft

Learning programming by building Minecraft Addons

This week i’m going to kick off a new video series aimed at introducing children, teenagers, and potentially adults to the world of programming. Rather than producing episodes, I’ll be live streaming the sessions so that viewers can interact and ask questions. The sessions will evolve organically based on questions that are asked. Once we get through the introductory material, the series will evolve into the creation of an addon, and potentially evolve into mods for other games and game development using Unity or the Unreal engine. [Read More]