Hour Of Code: President Obama Takes On Computer Science
President Barack Obama has become the first US President to program a computer. The president accomplished this goal on December 8, 2014 at an Hour of Code event. Hour of Code is a global effort to get children excited about coding and to show that anybody can try computer science, and that learning the basics is the best way to prepare for any career today. Also read: Bitsmart: Open-Source DIY Bitcoin Wallet With Raspberry Pis. President Obama, Coder-in-Chief. On its official blog, Code.org (the organization behind the event) claims it reached 53 million students from around the world....
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