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Rise of the open-source coder generation

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 24, 2014

Harry is one of thousands of children aged between five and 17 across 27 countries who have learned computer skills though a network of volunteer-led CoderDojos, after-school clubs that teach coding, website development and game creation among other skills.

The 220 clubs that have sprung up worldwide over the last two and a half years started when James Whelton, now 21, saw demand for his after-school meetings teaching HTML and CSS expand beyond the corridors of Presentation Brothers College in Cork.

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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