what is codingthere' been lot of discussion around coding latelybut it can be hard to figure out exactly what it means to code and how it plays role in your child' future coding (or computer programming)is the process of providing instructions to computer so it performs specific task you may have heard of popular text languages like javapythonor rubybut even kids can easily learn to code using visual block language like tynkerwhy is coding so importantbelieve it or notwe rely on code in the technology we use every day our mobile phonesthermostatstelevisionscarsand even the device you're using to read this wouldn' exist without code