Coding: Raghu Betina at TEDxUChicago 2012

[@YusufAbdi]

Raghu gives a very good reason why everyone should learn how to code. Just imagine what kind of solutions people in other disciplines would build if they knew how to code. Very inspiring indeed.

[@mckennacisler01]

This was a great talk, and I strongly agree with Raghu that coding is the new literacy. I believe that his dream for universal knowledge of coding is not only a way to help people realize their own ideas, but could actually be a driving force for a more just, democratic, and more open Internet. When the majority of the internet's population spends a significant part of their lives in a foreign environment, yet have little understanding of how this platform functions, the result is almost an aristocracy in its separation of the masses and the elite "professional programmers and those who can pay them," as Raghu puts it. By educating the population of the internet in it's language, the internet becomes more of a level playing field, bringing us closer to an internet that is a network of people, not an elite few supporting _and_ controlling the masses.

[@RainAlmonia12RJ]

Very inspiring sir...

[@justinshort3296]

What type of programming language did he learn? What is the best to start with?

[@projectDominic]

Try one month.com, they have a bunch of free videos on here, all startup/coding related

[@shanedooley5948]

I'm looking for the same answer for a week now. I do know that html is a must as ul use it very little eventually but you will always need to know it. if you wan start from basic basic definitely look up. scratch it's a program for building games videos etc it's pretty cool an it's as I know only one that has the code done like a chigsaw you piece it together an solve the problems to ur game that you're building. helps give you idea of what is ahead highly recommend it just started using it myself today. KZbin video's up etc just search scratch

[@MrNacknime]

No you absolutely dont need html if you dont wanna go into websites. html doesnt teach you anything about coding in other languages, as its not even a proper language itself. start with python or java, theyre high level enough to not be too complicated and they show object oriented methods very well. on top of that, theyre also used in actual industry

[@schoolsparrow8715]

He learned ruby on rails. Almost 10 years later Ruby on Rails is still strong, and sites like Airbnb and Groupon are built on this framework.

[@perepe10]

I also think that everyone should be taught how to code in school since we interact with computers as much as with people

[@mikeomaliko5843]

Amazing stuff

[@SozialXplorer]

Great work Raghu :)