Apple Stores offering free 'Hour of Code' development classes this Wednesday
Apple this week will participate in a worldwide campaign from Code.org, offering children and teenagers a one-hour introduction to computer science class at its retail locations throughout the U.S.
Apple's "Hour of Code Youth Workshops" are designed to "demystify code," the company said, showing that anyone can learn the basics of computer programming. Interested parties can find their nearest Apple Store on the company's website, where they can also sign up in advance.
The Hour of Code is an effort to have 10 million people participate during Computer Science Education Week, which runs from Dec. 9 through 15.
Those who want to teach their own Hour of Code can find tips and instructions on the official Code.org site. There, a number of tutorials are provided in as many as 20 languages to allow students to participate.
According to Code.org, nearly 2 million people have learned an Hour of Code so far, with nearly 55 million lines of code having been written by students.
Support for the Hour of Code goes well beyond Apple, with President Barack Obama and Republican House Majority Leader Eric Cantor endorsing the event. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has also pitched in to promote the event, as well as entertainers ranging from Ashton Kutcher to Shakira.
Code.org said on Monday that this year's Computer Science Education Week will include 5 million students in 35,000 schools from 167 countries participating in their first Hour of Code.
Apple's "Hour of Code Youth Workshops" are designed to "demystify code," the company said, showing that anyone can learn the basics of computer programming. Interested parties can find their nearest Apple Store on the company's website, where they can also sign up in advance.
The Hour of Code is an effort to have 10 million people participate during Computer Science Education Week, which runs from Dec. 9 through 15.
Those who want to teach their own Hour of Code can find tips and instructions on the official Code.org site. There, a number of tutorials are provided in as many as 20 languages to allow students to participate.
According to Code.org, nearly 2 million people have learned an Hour of Code so far, with nearly 55 million lines of code having been written by students.
Support for the Hour of Code goes well beyond Apple, with President Barack Obama and Republican House Majority Leader Eric Cantor endorsing the event. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has also pitched in to promote the event, as well as entertainers ranging from Ashton Kutcher to Shakira.
Code.org said on Monday that this year's Computer Science Education Week will include 5 million students in 35,000 schools from 167 countries participating in their first Hour of Code.
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There's also a 9 minute video
[VIDEO]
I would like to think they'd allow folks from Redmond as well ¡
Brilliant marketing!
Already made my reservation. Sweet!
http://code.org/hourofcode
Here is a JavaScript Code snippet
*/
var hourOfCode = {hours:9,
noOfLanguages : 20,
startDate: "Dec 9 2013",
endDate : "Dec 15 2013",
verifyCode : function(hours,noOfLang){
if(hours == 9 && noOfLang == 20){
alert("The event starts on :" +hourOfCode.startDate+ " and ends on :" +hourOfCode.endDate);
}
else{
alert("Enter the number of hours, no of languages again !");
}
} /* End Of Function */
}; // End of Object
hourOfCode.verifyCode(10,11);
hourOfCode.verifyCode(9,20);
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Guess what the output of this piece of JavaScript Code snippet would look , and you have figured out how to read code
I'll agree that the attempt is laudable. Over a several years, I've thought about how to it might be addressed and what ARE the fundamental ideas which should be addressed (without success I might add).
In some sense, from a personal vantage, I'm both gratified and disappointed that those who are certainly smarter than I also haven't come up with the fundamentals either.
The closest I've come is the idea that teaching simple SQL queries on a simple existing relational database would be the best approach along with being actually useful.