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We’re excited to announce the winners from this year’s Winter Code Jam. With only two weeks to code during winter break, Tynker received over 3,600 project submissions from around the world, and we now have 6 incredible winners! Tynker’s Winter Code Jam was a skill-based coding competition that challenged young minds to stay sharp over winter break—a great way to […]

Meet our newest Featured Maker, 13-year-old Andrew from Illinois! He likes doing 3D art and he’s been doing a lot of 3D printing recently to make plastic 3D models. Awesome! Andrew recently spoke with us about his experience coding with Tynker. What’s your favorite subject in school? Biology. I like it a lot. And it’s also easier than math. Did […]

Do you love creating your own original artwork in Tynker? We have a surprise for you! We’ve added Vector support to Tynker’s Drawing Tool! It makes all kinds of amazing artistic applications possible.  Just take a look at some of the cool characters that Tynker coders created for the Winter Code Jam! Why Vector? The new-and-improved Vector Drawing Tool lets […]

Have you been hearing the buzz about Artificial Intelligence lately? You might have seen chatbots, self-driving cars, and AI-powered image generators in the news.  Wonder how this amazing technology works? And how you could use AI in your own JavaScript projects on Tynker? Take a look at our latest course, Artificial Intelligence, for a guided tour designed for beginners ages […]

Meet our newest Featured Maker, 6th grader Pranathi from California! She likes to play the clarinet and her other hobbies include reading and drawing. Awesome! Pranathi recently spoke with us about her experience coding with Tynker. How long have you been coding? Well, it’s been a while now. I remember I started coding when I was younger, working my way […]

Meet our newest Featured Maker, 12-year-old Michael from New Mexico! He likes to code because it’s fun. Awesome! Michael recently spoke with us about his experience coding with Tynker. How did you get introduced to Tynker? I was introduced to Tynker from code.org. It links to Tynker. How long have you been coding? It’s been more than five years. What […]

Meet our newest Featured Maker, 6th grader William from New Mexico! He likes to play chess and solve Rubik’s Cubes. And when he grows up, he’d like to be a game developer. Awesome! William recently spoke with us about his experience coding with Tynker. How did you get introduced to Tynker? From my family when I was about five. So […]

Meet our newest Featured Maker, 3rd grader Diva from California! She likes to read and play after school. And when she grows up, she would like a career in coding. Awesome! Diva recently spoke with us about her experience coding with Tynker. How did you get introduced to Tynker? On the school page it was showing Tynker, so I just […]

Winter is here, and so is the coolest coding competition of the year. Show off your coding skills for a chance to win $1,000 worth of cash prizes over a twelve-day period. Want to hear the best part?  Anyone with a FREE Tynker account can join, even beginners. So be sure to tell all your fellow coders!  The Competition takes […]