Indeed, many students end up barely able to write small functions – short, discrete pieces of code – let alone write a full program that can help make their lives better.

The process of writing computer programs is known as coding. Until recently, most computer code was written, at least originally, by human beings.

The process of writing computer programs is known as coding. Until recently, most computer code was written, at least originally, by human beings.

Writing computer code is helpful for people in many disciplines, but learning to program is hard. Large language models can help nonprogrammers skip the difficult details.