Barack Obama became the first US president to learn programming


Barack Obama became the first US president to learn programming
 
 
Barack Obama became the first US president to try their hand at programming, he took part in the international action "Hour of code" by doing some training tasks using a visual programming language Google Blockly. In addition, the first person of the US alone wrote a line of code for the game.

According to Obama, America's strength is that she invents a new, and does not use the ready. The American president also stressed that in the field of programming should see more women. In this regard, it is worth recalling that in the summer, Google announced that it will invest $ 50 million in training for women programming and other fields related to computer use, and to perform the tasks you plan to use Blockly.

In addition, Obama has reported an increase in the volume of employment in computer literacy and programming in primary and secondary schools in the country, as well as the allocation of $ 20 million for training teachers. According to TrueJersey, money was raised thanks to Google, Microsoft, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg.

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