If youare new at coding and don't want to rearrange your life as a result—changing
work hours, spending wads on formal courses—you may want to know about
Grasshopper, a new way you can learn to write code on your phone.
The deal
is this: A few taps on your Smart Phone and
you are on your way to JavaScript. To get started you can head on over to the
Google Play Store or iTunes App Store.
Grasshopper
gets you on your coding way through puzzles and quizzes. This teacher app was
launched through the Google incubator, Area 120, which is described as a
workshop for experimental projects.
The
coding app is for beginners and it is available for free on Android and iOS.
Grasshopper's structure is such that it provides progressively challenging
levels. In 9to5Google,
Justin Duino said it was similar to "how apps like Duolingo teach you how
to learn a foreign language."
He
described what it is like after signing in. You are walked through the basics
of programming and given several quizzes. Then comes more subject matter and exercises.
The App
Store Preview remarks:
"The
problem is that today's university-first approach is a bit old school, and
frankly, out of touch. That's why Grasshopper offers a new kind of curriculum
for the everyday coder."
If your
learning tool can fit in your pocket, that implies it can fit in your lifestyle
(do it on a work break or your train and bus commutes).
Grasshopper
is an easy to remember and friendly name but the team called it as such for a
different reason. The grasshopper's name is Grace which pays honor to Grace
Hopper, an early pioneer in computer programming.
In turn,
the team said Grasshopper comes from a passionate team concerned to help remove
barriers to access to coding education.
Why
JavaScript? JavaScript is a significantly popular programming language.
"Grasshopper currently teaches using the popular programming language
JavaScript, used by more than 70% of professional developers," said the Grasshopper
team.
"When
it comes to web development, JavaScript is always in the list of required
skills, as it is one of the basic technologies for web development, just like
HTML and CSS. Thus, JavaScript is eating the
web development world," said Anastasia Stefanuk in Simple Programmer.
In
further detail, according to descriptions, each course covers how code works,
and it goes over animations, drawing shapes and creating more complex
functions. One develops confidence to play around to build interactive animations.
Dani
Deahl in The Verge called attention to another valuable
aspect of Grasshopper—drawing on reward structures that many mobile games rely
on. Deahl wrote, "there's also an achievements section
within Grasshopper. Here, you can see how many concepts you've unlocked, the
number of JavaScript keys you've used, and how many days long your current coding streak is."
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