UK-based FUZE Technologies just reached out to let us know that it is bringing its hugely popular learn-to-code platform, FUZE Code Studio, to the Nintendo Switch next year. Since 2013 FUZE has been helping to teach young people how to code using the FUZE personal computer and FUZE Code Studio - an accessible and easy to use programming language.

Here are some more details from FUZE Technologies to get you up to speed:
FUZE Code Studio motivates and inspires users of all ages and abilities, leaving them wanting to learn more, even if they have no prior experience of coding. FUZE's unique method means children as young as six can learn to code using a real text based language - and now it's coming to Nintendo Switch.
FUZE Code Studio is the perfect stepping stone between visual coding simulators currently used in most primary schools and real-world languages like Python, Java and C++/# etc. FUZE Code Studio comes with everything you need to learn to code in one app. Users can code their own games and share the experience with friends and family - imagine creating your own game then transferring it to a big screen with multiple controllers so others can play your creations. Thanks to Nintendo Switch's revolutionary design this becomes a reality - and coders will soon be learning how to interact with external devices, sensors and motion controls in ways not previously possible.
One reason for FUZE's success in educating young people to code is the wealth of support content included and to download. Worksheets, projects and a very comprehensive reference guide are all included and more are being added all the time.
FUZE Code Studio on Nintendo Switch makes learning to coding more accessible than ever and what's more, is children can learn while having fun. The move to Nintendo Switch is one FUZE's CEO, Jon Silvera is convinced makes perfect sense.
He states "Back in the eighties when home computers reached critical mass and were selling into the tens of millions they all had one thing in common. They all had very accessible coding environments to get users started within minutes. Before you knew it we had more coders than we knew what to do with and a multibillion dollar industry was born!
In stark contrast, today we have a global shortage of coding skills and very few accessible learning platforms. It seems we're running around 'Scratching' our heads, wondering where it all went wrong".
Jon Silvera continued "We are deeply honoured and very excited to have been accepted as an independent developer for Nintendo Switch. Over the last four years FUZE has taught tens of thousands of children in schools, science events and clubs, how to code using a text based programming language. Nintendo Switch is the perfect platform for FUZE Code Studio to help nurture the next wave of bedroom coders."
The UK Government recently rewrote the Computing Curriculum to focus almost entirely on coding and computational thinking to ensure we have the much needed coding skills to support the increasingly digital landscape. FUZE Code Studio for Nintendo Switch is perfectly suited to assist in meeting this objective.
FUZE Code Studio for Nintendo Switch will be available Q2 2018 with additional gaming content to be made available via DLC add on packs. Pricing will be confirmed nearer the launch.

We know that a lot of our readers enjoyed tinkering around with SmileBASIC on the 3DS, so we're sure that FUZE Code Studio will have a bright future ahead of it on Switch. Are you looking forward to it's arrival next year?
[source fuze.co.uk]
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That's very exciting.
Tools like this or Scratch and other interactive developer "games" really make the difference on how kids look at games, problem solving, logical thinking.
I'm really looking forward to seeing my kids try this out on Switch.
I was reading that. It could be a really cool way to introduce people to coding.
Need a hardware keyboard to code! Hope someone delivers one!
@Shiryu Pokemon teaches typing
Did anyone notice the playful dig at Scratch in this press release?
Is that a game ?
Great idea. I'll try and get my youngster into this but I'd love to dip my toe into coding again.
Obviously going to need a nice keyboard. Back in the day it was a rubber spectrum keyboard where each key would get a little pool of sweat
Aye....back in my day, this was all fields etc...
Awesome I prefer this over scratch to teach kids how to code. Scratch is nice to teach logic but then it misses the importance of syntax. So when kids transition into another language frustration can set in pretty quickly.
I'm 28 and would buy this to get better at it
@Dazza I did, and I love it. Scratch sucks.
If it's actually a viable language, this seems pretty cool. However, you could do a lot with Small Basic so I guess I wouldn't have to worry too much. I can only imagine being able to code with the Switch's peripherals...ohhhhhh.
@Anti-Matter It's a tool that you can use to make games, interactive stories, or whatever, really. There'll be some limitations, surely, but other than that you can make whatever you want. You could make a calculator, a random number generator, a timer, etc.
Great idea, I've always wanted to learn to code but never had any idea of where to begin!
I wonder if it can support Bluetooth keyboards, as well as USB keyboards?
I actually have a couple of bluetooth keyboards from Pokémon Typing Adventure, I should see if I can pair it with the Switch.
I'm in. Now how long to wait?
@Shiryu Bluetooth keyboards work.
Well, as long as it's easier than Human Resource Machine...
I ruddy love that game, but the learning curve is steep.
I learned some C# over the past few months, and I have to say that it is immensely satisfying to create something out of nothing, or to fix an issue in your program. I hope this can get more people to start coding, even just as a hobby!
...that's great!..Smile Basic on 3ds is fun, found a few player made gems on there, but it's hard to find projects in one place online. Without Miiverse I wouldn't have found as many, so I hope they have a dedicated place to find user created projects..
Not gonna lie. I might have to download this.
I want it!
I use my phone to code when I'm not at home, then copy the code to the PC there. I would like an app like this to play with code and learn new ones. It could be really fun making games in Switch for Switch.
@RupeeClock
Just USB keyboards.
This great and all - but the Switch has no hardware keyboard!
Furthermore, it also doesn't support wired or bluetooth keyboards.
How are people supposed to code without a keyboard?
Will need a physical keyboard, as the virtual one in Switch is terrible. I don't know why I keep mistyping there, and never have the same problem with iPhone or Android virtual keyboard.
Anyway this can be quite fun... As a programmer in my day job, I have to admit that I have lost a lot of my passion in it, so I'll see if this might spark my interest in exploring something new, hopefully even learn other language.
This sounds like something I could make use of.
Would certainly be a bit of a better idea, financially, than trying to buy a proper devkit, not knowing if my games will even run on it.
..having said that, I barely made use of Smile on 3DS.. :/
@jeffri Same here. It's because the keys are lined up vertically, instead of being staggered.
.. plus it has a terrible delay on key presses, so you have to "hold" each button down for a little bit, unlike regular mobile keyboards.
@Shiryu I read somewhere that someone - I can't remember if it's Hori or not - actually is working on a Switch keyboard.
Kids should be learning to code in python, raspberry pi is perfect for it and can cost as little as £10. These pseudo languages are a mixed bag. Same as we now understand we should not teach babies baby speak but proper english/fill in your native language, same goes for coding. My 5 year old even copes well enough with python
@shani https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2017/03/usb_keyboards_work_with_the_nintendo_switch
@masterLEON
Well I tried it with three keyboards myself (of course in docked mode, how else are you supposed to connect it?) and it didn't work.That makes me wonder what GameXplain did differently or whether that whole video is just a fake. After all, you never see the actual keyboard on screen while they're typing...LOL! Now it does work. I don't know why, but I had tried it with a different Switch back then. Maybe keyboard support came with a system update?
@BarFooToo It's really a 'stepping stone' for first timers. I'm a programmer by vocation, if the price is right I may get it to introduce to my niece.
@ledreppe don't get me wrong, any intro is better than nothing and of course you get more to show for little effort. But with so many high level true languages out there and things like the raspberry pi sensor kit to play with there are much better routes. My 10 year old has built and programmed a movement sensor that reset the colour of his smart build when he turns on his light to tell him how many people have been in his room since he left without any aid from myself. If you look at things like the coding club set of books kids don't need dumbed-down stuff. Great move to get your niece into coding but would this be the route you would take for your own kids?
@SH007ME Yup on SmileBasic. Having access to DS screens and controls was cool, but programming with the touch screen keyboard was too taxing. Like many others, I made a Simon game, but even that was a chore to program with the DS touch screen.
@Shiryu Sarcasm?? usb keyboards work on Switch
@FTL Hardly, I just never tried it before .
This looks really neat for those who want to learn how to code.
Bye bye, Pocket C.H.I.P.!
No but really this is awesome.
That is cool will tell my sister about it so she can get her kids into it. Never to early (or too old really) to learn a programming language.
I am excited for this and the RPG maker coming to 3DS !!
@Shiryu All good Apparently the 3.0 update enabled this for jsb keyboards into the dock but people on youtube have shown them working just plugging into the USB C on the switch before that.
@Shiryu The latest update enables keyboards, just hook up any keyboard to usb!
@aronatvw I have noticed that on the update notes. Now I'm good to become the next code wizard.
@Shiryu New Update for SWITCH today allows usb connection of USB Keyboard.
HORI are making such a keyboard - to be available in Japan for Chatting in Dragonquest.
http://nintendotoday.com/nintendo-switch-keyboard/
@cfgk24 I knew about the Hori keyboard, but like DQ I wonder if it will ever see the light of day in Euroland... and I read the update news when I was updating the Switch at lunch, good stuff.
@Shiryu I'm sure, at some point, you will see a HORI Keyboard in PortugaLand. . . I would like the Pokemon Typing game keyboard to work though
@cfgk24 For now, lets hope for MonHunXX localization news...
@Shiryu Yes, My ****** sources tell me ******* so that indicates that there is actually something to tell. lol
@cfgk24 Good! Good...
This game will come out whilst I am doing my computing GCSE... (A little bit too late there)
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