Written by Elliot
on April 17, 2008 |
I often talk with people who are interested in computer science, but somehow believe that they are not coders. They simply think that they cannot code. I don’t think that’s true. I don’t claim to have all the answers, and I certainly don’t claim to be the world’s best coder. But I can code, and I know you can, too. What you need is the right instruction.
Anyone can cook, according to Gusteau…
Similarly, I suggest to you today that Anyone Can Code!
May 13th, 2008 at 6:46 am
Maybe we should stop calling it “code.” In non-computer-science contexts, code is meant to be difficult to understand. In fact, it’s completely meaningless unless it can be decoded. The word “programming” may be better than “coding” but I suspect there is something else we could say that would be less intimidating to those who think of themselves as non-coders. Perhaps we should instead emphasize the idea of computer “languages,” so that people who were “terrible at math”–another fallacy–but good at Spanish or French, might feel like they could learn coding. They just have to think of it as learning another language. In fact, I think I’ll use this a starting point for a post on my blog…
Of course, it’s just words.
May 13th, 2008 at 6:47 am
Oops, I kind of interrupted myself at the end there. I think I meant to say,
Of course, it’s just words. But words do make a difference.