Last week Minister for Education, Richard Bruton, said that coding should be included in the primary school curriculum.
But what exactly is it? And how complicated?
Richard Daly, principal of Athy College, joined Alison in studio to talk about the coding programmes he's been running in his school. He also brought a 'Raspberry Pi', the future of computers...
For more info on coding classes for children across the country, check out Coder Dojo.