I think so too

+ChuppaChuck same here. incredible woman.

Could we pleeeease clone her? :)

Finally an amazing presentation by a women.

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she is like most of us born in the 80's so she would seem special to all of her age group indeed.. Most of us from the 80's had no choice but to code to get more because tv made us aware that computers could be doing more, the ones who say they didn't code are just lazy and don't want to get back into it..

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"Most of us from the 80's had no choice but to code to get more because tv made us aware that computers could be doing more, the ones who say they didn't code are just lazy and don't want to get back into it.." ----- What a ridiculous statement.

@@1DJLNR wtf

HAHAHAHA

This is so accurate

Absolutely

I feel that way, too

Some had their arms folded.... quite a large number of audience.

Well pointed out xD

caught in the moment, she said it so well

There is a vanishingly thin line between "childlike attitude" and mental retardation. I'm afraid she crosses the line into the latter.

Geniuses are "retarded". Look at rainman

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IKR

it is a discipline i have computer construction, programming and operacional systems and im 15 (in my school in 10º grade)

Lucky you. Study well mate.

So true Cristi, we stand in danger of creating the generation that the speaker spoke of, a generation of computer users with no idea of how to be a computer programmer. And it is so sad too.With today's technology there are tiny single board computers that cost $50 or less, with a keyboard and a TV anyone can learn to program, but most kids don't even understand why this is even a good thing.

John Constitution Well, it's a generation of instant gratification. Why bother programming a game when you can just buy one? Even though we might enjoy the challenge and reward of programming, kids these days might see it as a meaningless chore. And that's the sad thing. Why challenge yourself when you can have it for free?

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My teachers took away my love of learning

I'm gonna do the same with my nice. Did you end up buying the book?

Yh she is really inspiring

It has been really emotional, for real

how old are you?

+Pedro Martins I think it's quite funny. You are getting excited from seeing another partner you once worked with, and I'm excited by meeting a developer at CodeCademy!

Yess she was in code academy How i know that? Its in the description:)

Now I get the reason where she got those nice interpretations of programming from.... her experience at codeacademy is the key

wow

Thank you, I have not yet begun to learn to code; so it's great to hear this.

best way to learn to code, is to code, alot, and keep in mind there is always a better way to code something, always seek the perfect code, perfect solutions, perfect patterns, try different things, google hella lot, try making games in Unity3D (or any other game engine) with placeholder art, you must enjoy it in the first place

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While I totally agree with this, I see the most efficient way to recognise and grasp the programming patterns and structures is to start tinkering with code. For me it is like trying to learn how to ride a bike. You can read about it for years, but you won't learn a thing until you ride a bike. So, in my humble opinion, one should balance to learn architectural patterns with low level code writing. Otherwise you are trying to learn theoretical information and they just linger in your mind, without getting attached to real concepts.

Darren T You get them from experience.

you just stole my dream,,,,,,,,,way ahead ........she is mine :p ...........

get your filthy hands of her!!!!!!!!

Sebastian Rodriguez True

Samuel Clemens 😂😂

This is why they don't want to go into cs

+dudas12100 "... we learn this code of ethics and ..." That's called "culture" and process of enculturation is actually good to make your life and social interactions easier, so you have an orientation about what is considered wrong or right in different situation. Ofc, it also determines your thinking process, since you become trained to think in a very specific direction and not a very broad one. Bring yourself into situations where you're surrounded by people with other cultures and you'll see how your way of thinking shifts and inspirations for a more creative mindset will pop up. At least that's my personal experience.

hi, its 4 years now..how is it going/

Michelle Ruiz Sorry, must find the right algorithm.

+Leshy Most people who criticize JS don't know JS :/ You know what are prototypes, prototypal inheritance, a function as a first class object, lambdas and closures ? This language has beauty in it. It's very easy to bash javascript, its flaws are well known (and therefore easily avoidable), it's much more difficult to know what you are actually talking about.

Brian Williams You're focusing on the bad aspects of the language, which you can easily avoid by actually learning it. Everybody knows that JS has some ridiculous parts, but you don't have to deal with them. And btw don't assume that javascript developpers choose JS because they don't know python, swift or c# ;)

Brian Williams No choice ? How about backend ? A large number of companies are switching to node.js, and this choice was made with the knowledge of JS flaws. Because (I insist) it really has some goodness in it (I recommend the reading of the article series "the two pillars of javascript" by Eric Elliott) JS is as good as the developper using it. If you suck, your code will suck. But of course you can blame the language for this. JS can be written in very cryptic ways (check aem1k's hello world or binary tetris). But it can also be very clear, readable and easily understandable. It's up to the dev ! Type coertion isn't something you have to struggle with. If you know what your code do, you know how to handle the return values. Implicit type coercion even become handy with a bit of practice (it's part of the "freedom" Eric Elliott is talking in his articles). saying : typeof NaN == number is a good joke about the language (you can watch the 4 minute "WAT" lightning talk by Gary Bernhardt if you want some more ;), but it's not a real usecase. NaN is an error, it's because you're doing something wrong in your code, not an actual return value. But I admit JS can be a big paradigme shift if you don't come from a scheme or lisp background.

+Romain Durand Lua does all that better IMO just saying :^)

Brian Williams "This attitude is quite common with js developers I have noticed." Of course, because learning JS flaws is what it takes to be a good JS dev. What I find stupid is that many experienced devs puts their hands on JS without actually learning it (because the syntax is similar to what they already know) and quickly says it's bullshit. "that can literally be said about anything which requires human input" It's harder to write shitty Java code than to write shitty JS code. That was my point. This "house with holes" metaphor isn't quite fair. You'd have to avoid them constantly. To me, it's more like a house with a locked cellar. If you don't want to open it, you don't have to open it. "its a value that is of the type it specifically says its not." I know "NaN" is a value. But you don't have to deal with it (or even it's type). This is the definition of NaN by IEEE 754, this is not related to Javascript. Just read the documentation and get over it. developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/NaN

+John Maksym AGREED!