Online Coding and AI Classes in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina

Course picks for the Triangle

Four starting points, from age 6 to adult

Pick by age and aim; a free first lesson confirms the level.

Ages 7 to 11

Scratch Coding for Kids

Games, animations and stories in Scratch, finished and shared each week.

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Grades 7 to 10

JavaScript for Teens

Interactive web pages in JavaScript, the language every browser in the Triangle already runs.

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Grades 9 to 12

AI and Machine Learning for Teens

Machine learning from the ground up, starting with the clean data any model needs.

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College and adults

Python Masterclass

Python from zero to advanced for students and working adults, data cleaning included.

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Browse the course atlas for more than one hundred options and use the coding roadmap to check prerequisites.

The four we are known for

Python, AI, vibe coding and agentic coding

These run underneath everything above. Every one is live and online, placed by ability rather than by age, and the first class is free.

Vibe codingAges 13 to 17

Vibe Coding for Teens

Python, web and AI projects where the learner still owns the thinking.

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Python and AICollege and adult

Python Automation Course

Automate the work you already do, then let AI carry part of it.

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AI and MLAges 14 to 18

AI and Machine Learning for Teens

Train a model, read what it learned, and be able to say why it is wrong.

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Agentic codingProfessionals

Codex & Claude Code

Run AI coding agents on real work without losing control of the codebase.

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Signature project

Sixteen ways to spell Durham: cleaning a real city dataset

The Durham, NC Open Data Portal publishes Trees & Planting Sites, the city’s street trees and the spots marked for future planting. We pulled all 28,968 records on 18 October 2026 and listed the problems a student meets before any analysis can begin.

Cleaning problems in the Trees & Planting Sites file (our counts from the download of 18 October 2026)
Problem	What we found	Cleaning step a student writes
One city, many spellings	16 distinct values in the city column, from Durham (21,727) and DURHAM (5,628) to Dur, Durha, DURAM and a ZIP code, 27705	Strip spaces and fix case; then map the leftovers by hand
Two kinds of empty	Height is blank on 4,004 records and a single space on 1,984 more	Treat both as missing, and count them together
Zero versus blank	Planting sites carry diameter 0 on 1,799 records and no diameter on 3,555	Decide that both mean "no tree yet", then check the 23 tree rows with a blank or zero diameter
Numbers stored as text	Height is recorded as bands such as 0-20 and > 80, typed as text	Keep bands as categories; never average them
Repeated IDs	17 facility ID values shared by 37 records, and 2,189 with no facility ID	Find the duplicates, inspect them, and choose a rule before deleting anything

Step 1: look before you fix

Students print the distinct values of every column first. Seeing Durham, DURHAM, "Durham " with a trailing space, durham and " Durham" side by side does more to teach cleaning than any lecture.

Step 2: the easy wins

Stripping spaces and setting title case merges those five spellings into one: 27,372 records now read Durham. A single line of Python fixed more than 5,600 rows.

Step 3: the judgment calls

What is left needs a human: Dur, Du, D, Durh and Durha are probably truncated typing, DURAM a typo, 27705 a ZIP code in the wrong field. Each fix gets written down, so others can check it.

Why the trees are not the only story

The present column splits the file into 23,220 trees, 5,374 planting sites, 269 Do Not Plant spots and 61 dead trees, with 44 left blank. Anyone who counts "trees" without filtering this column first is counting empty planting holes as trees. Cleaning is as much about knowing what a row means as about fixing its spelling.

Every count in this section is ours, from one download of the Durham portal on 18 October 2026. The portal lists the Open Database License as a general reference only and says the City and County of Durham reserve their rights in the data, so we quote a handful of counts with credit and do not republish the records or any addresses.

Children start with a printed sample of twenty rows and a highlighter: circle every Durham that looks different. Teens write the cleaning in Python with pandas, using str.strip, str.title and a small dictionary of manual fixes. Adults go further, writing tests that fail if a new download brings a spelling the rules have never seen, which is how cleaning works in a real data team.

Every age in the Triangle

One teaching method, from a first Scratch game to a data job

The same live, project-first approach works at each stage; only the projects change.

What each age group builds with us (our course plan)
Learner	Typical first month	Where the cleaning lesson fits
Ages 6 to 9	Block games, animations and simple logic puzzles	Spotting the odd one out in a short list
Ages 10 to 13	Scratch games with scores, then first Python	Counting spellings in a twenty-row sample
Ages 14 to 18	Python, JavaScript, data projects and AI basics	Full pandas cleaning of the Durham tree file
College and adults	Python, SQL, data analysis and AI tools for work	Automated cleaning with tests, the way teams do it

For Triangle parents

Our North Carolina page covers the new state computer science graduation requirement; here we focus on what a child or teen actually builds.

For college students

Plenty of students in the region want Python and data skills beyond their major. Our college courses are live, with assignments marked by a teacher, and no graded coursework is ever done for a student.

For working adults

Adults learning to code for a new role or a side project get the same small-group or one-to-one format, scheduled around a working day.

The Triangle in numbers

Facts from Durham County, Wake County and RDU

Figures from official county and airport pages and the Durham open data portal, read on 18 October 2026.

Raleigh-Durham facts from official sources
What	Figure	Source
Durham’s official birthdate	April 26, 1853, when the U.S. Post Office was established	Durham County history page
Town of Durham incorporated	April 10, 1869	Durham County history page
Durham County formed	April 17, 1881, from land of Wake and Orange counties	Durham County history page
Durham County residents	More than 330,000	Durham County about page
GoDurham bus stops	841 in the open data layer (our count)	Durham open data portal
Wake County Public Libraries	23 locations across the county	Wake County libraries page
Wake STEAM Lab	Launched October 16, 2026 for third through fifth graders, with more than 20 programs a month	Wake County news release
RDU nonstop destinations	A record 91, on 19 airlines	Raleigh-Durham International Airport
RDU new runway	10,639 feet	Raleigh-Durham International Airport

Libraries first

With 23 Wake library locations and a new STEAM Lab for grades 3 to 5, Raleigh families have great free starting points. Our classes are for children who then want a steady, teacher-led coding path.

Dates as data

Durham has three founding dates depending on what you count: a post office, a town, a county. Storing them as proper dates and sorting them is a neat first exercise in Python’s datetime module.

Two counties, one class

A Durham County learner and a Wake County learner can sit in the same online group, each at home, with no drive along I-40 at rush hour.

Eastern Time

Scheduling across the Triangle’s busy weeks

Raleigh and Durham are on Eastern Time, America/New_York in the IANA database.

Choose what fits

Weekdays or weekends, flexible: choose your batch, or for a very personalised plan choose 1-on-1 at your convenience, weekend mornings or weekdays.

Teachers in India

India sits 9 hours 30 minutes in front of Raleigh while daylight time lasts and 10 hours 30 minutes in front through the winter, which is why Triangle mornings and evenings suit our teachers.

Checked twice a year

After the clocks go back on November 1, 2026 and forward on March 14, 2027, every slot is reconfirmed in Eastern Time so nobody misses a lesson.

Learning ladder

From blocks to data pipelines

Ages are guides; the first free lesson sets where each learner starts.

Ages 6 to 9

Blocks and games

Sequences, loops and events, with a finished game or story every week.

Coding for Kids Scratch Coding for Kids

Ages 10 to 13

First real code

Python and simple web pages, plus small data puzzles from real places.

Python and AI for Kids Web Development for Kids

Ages 14 to 18

Projects and AI

Web apps, data cleaning with pandas and machine learning foundations.

JavaScript for Teens AI and Machine Learning for Teens

College and adults

Career skills

Python to an advanced level, SQL and data analysis for study or work.

Python Masterclass Data Analysis Course

Coding and AI

Can an AI tool clean the Durham file for you?

It can help, but it cannot decide what the data means.

Ask an assistant to tidy the city column and it may well merge the five Durham spellings in seconds. It cannot know whether 27705 belongs in the ZIP field, whether a Do Not Plant spot should count as a tree, or which of two records sharing an ID is the right one. Those are judgment calls about the real world.

So in our classes AI assistants are allowed for adults and older teens, within each tool’s own age terms, as a drafting aid: they suggest code, and the learner reads, runs and tests it against a sample checked by hand. Younger children learn about AI without using adult tools.

The skill that lasts is knowing what each row means; AI makes that skill more valuable, not less. The longer argument is in is coding still worth learning in 2026.

Delivery

Live from home, anywhere from Wake Forest to Hillsborough Road

Learners join from home or the office, so no one has to cross the Triangle for a class.

Real-time teaching

A teacher leads every session live, sees the learner’s screen and answers questions as they come up.

Right level, any age

Children, teens and adults are placed by skill after a free lesson, never simply by age.

Free first lesson

One complete lesson, then a suggestion of level, course and slot. No card details are taken.

Group classes

Fifteen to twenty learners at the same stage, from North Carolina and the rest of the US.

One to one

A private teacher for learners with a specific goal, a tight schedule or a project to finish.

Eastern Time

Weekdays or weekends, flexible, every slot written in Eastern Time.

No local office

Teaching is live and online from India. Modern Age Coders has no office in Raleigh, Durham or anywhere in North Carolina, claims none, and is not connected with the City or County of Durham, Wake County or Raleigh-Durham International Airport.

Fees

Fees for Raleigh-Durham learners

Clear monthly fees in US dollars, after a free first lesson.

First classUSD 0

A free lesson with a teacher, ending with a suggested level, course and Eastern Time slot.

Group tuitionUSD 100

A month of classes in a group of fifteen to twenty learners at one level.

Private tuitionUSD 150

A month of one-to-one classes with a single teacher.

Raleigh, Durham, Cary and Chapel Hill all pay the same US dollar fee. Payment begins once a course is picked after the trial, and the pricing page says how breaks and absences are handled.

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What learners and parents say on Google

Rated 4.9 across 547 Google reviews. These are real reviews, reproduced as written.

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"One of the most wonderful education centres out there. Education is not limited to school syllabus but focuses on skill development."

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Free placement class

Book a free class in Raleigh-Durham

Tell us who is learning and what they hope to do. A child might start with a Scratch game, a teen with the Durham cleaning project, an adult with Python for work.

FAQ

Raleigh-Durham coding questions

Asked by Triangle families and adult learners.

Do you teach adults as well as children in Raleigh-Durham?

Yes. We teach from age 6 to adult, including college students and working professionals, each placed by skill after a free lesson.

What is the Durham street tree cleaning project?

Learners download Durham's Trees and Planting Sites data and fix real problems: 16 spellings in the city column, two kinds of blank, zero versus missing diameter and duplicate IDs.

Why teach data cleaning at all?

Because real data is messy. In the Durham file, stripping spaces and fixing case alone merged five spellings into 27,372 Durham records before any analysis could start.

Is computer science required in North Carolina schools?

North Carolina has made it a graduation requirement. Our North Carolina page explains the rule; this page focuses on classes and projects.

What time are classes in Raleigh-Durham?

Weekdays or weekends, flexible: choose your batch, or for a very personalised plan choose 1-on-1 at your convenience, weekend mornings or weekdays. Slots are confirmed in Eastern Time.

Do class times move in November and March?

Our team messages each family around November 1, 2026 and March 14, 2027 to agree the Eastern Time slot again, since the gap to India shifts by an hour on those dates.

Which AI tools are used in class?

Adults and older teens may use AI assistants within each tool's own age terms, always checking the output. Younger children learn about AI without adult tools.

Can college students get help with graded assignments?

We teach the concepts and skills behind coursework, but never complete graded work for a student. The work they submit stays their own.

Is there a Modern Age Coders center in the Triangle?

No. All teaching is live online from India, so a computer, a headset and a reliable connection are all a learner needs.

Where are the fees?

Look just above the booking form: three lines cover the no-cost trial, a month of group study and a month with a private teacher, priced in US dollars, with no charge until the trial is over.

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Four starting points, from age 6 to adult

Scratch Coding for Kids

JavaScript for Teens

AI and Machine Learning for Teens

Python Masterclass

Python, AI, vibe coding and agentic coding

Vibe Coding for Teens

Python Automation Course

AI and Machine Learning for Teens

Codex & Claude Code

Sixteen ways to spell Durham: cleaning a real city dataset

Step 1: look before you fix

Step 2: the easy wins

Step 3: the judgment calls

Why the trees are not the only story

One teaching method, from a first Scratch game to a data job

For Triangle parents

For college students

For working adults

Facts from Durham County, Wake County and RDU

Libraries first

Dates as data

Two counties, one class

Scheduling across the Triangle’s busy weeks

Choose what fits

Teachers in India

Checked twice a year

From blocks to data pipelines

Blocks and games

First real code

Projects and AI

Career skills

Can an AI tool clean the Durham file for you?

Live from home, anywhere from Wake Forest to Hillsborough Road

Real-time teaching

Right level, any age

Free first lesson

Group classes

One to one

Eastern Time

Fees for Raleigh-Durham learners

What learners and parents say on Google

Book a free class in Raleigh-Durham

Raleigh-Durham coding questions

Do you teach adults as well as children in Raleigh-Durham?

What is the Durham street tree cleaning project?

Why teach data cleaning at all?

Is computer science required in North Carolina schools?

What time are classes in Raleigh-Durham?

Do class times move in November and March?

Which AI tools are used in class?

Can college students get help with graded assignments?

Is there a Modern Age Coders center in the Triangle?

Where are the fees?

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