Coding and programming are all around us and will only get more all-pervasive in the future.
For this reason, many are making the argument that learning to code, or at least have a basic understanding of it, should become a common part of a child’s education.
Here we explore why coding is important, what it is, and where you can learn it for yourself.
Why is coding literacy important?
Coding and coding literacy can be argued to be one of the most important skills for current and future generations to learn. Many have argued that it should form part of a national curriculum on par with a native language, the sciences, and math.
We are surrounded with electronic devices each running uncountable numbers of software that run on code of some kind. Our modern world is also heavily reliant