Comments on: End your Summer with Xojo https://blog.xojo.com/2016/08/09/summertime-fun-learn-to-code/ Blog about the Xojo programming language and IDE Wed, 21 Sep 2016 18:17:35 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Eric https://blog.xojo.com/2016/08/09/summertime-fun-learn-to-code/#comment-68 Sun, 14 Aug 2016 20:12:02 +0000 http://blog.xojo.com/?p=1505#comment-68 Two of my children are doing this now (even though it\’s winter here) and one completed it last year and does some really wild stuff now. But the book takes longer than 30 hours to complete IMHO if you\’re a complete novice, yet can be done with minimal assistance with persistence. This is probably the most important trait programming develops.

Lots of jobs will go the way of the DoDo Bird in the medium term with AI, robotics and automation, but it will be a while yet before they can program themselves. So programming can put food on your child\’s table in their own house for years to come, and empower new business ideas too.

Self-study is ongoing with programming so it\’s the right way to get started, and even parents can do it too. What more could you ask?

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