Who needs coders?

[threaded]

What a load of crap. It doesn't do "coding", it's an animation tool. I don't know why the BBC have decided to promote this one over all the others that have been around for years.

Well, they do this every so often, mildly amusing. I remember one from years ago called "The Last One" or some such...

[VectraMan]

What a load of crap. It doesn't do "coding", it's an animation tool. I don't know why the BBC have decided to promote this one over all the others that have been around for years.

[xoggoth]

I daresay it works very well but you are probably right, some will not grasp that each "block" is significant code and that anything not in the existing library has to be written.

[Euro-commuter]

Who needs expensive coders? link when this will do!

Sadly some clueless boss will see this and question why they need to pay top rates when they can get the office clerk to do a bit of easy peasy coding in their lunch hour.

The manager of a manufacturing plant who, unable to solve a mechanical breakdown, sent for the retired engineer who had installed the machinery. Following a brief inspection, the engineer took a hammer and hit a pipe which did the trick. The next day the engineer submitted a bill for $1,000 to a horrified manager. Above the protests at the charge for a solitary hammer-blow the retired engineer explained, "only $1.00 of it is for hitting the pipe. The other $999 is for knowing where to hit it."

What this offers is a hammer.

[gingerjedi]

Who needs expensive coders? link when this will do!

Sadly some clueless boss will see this and question why they need to pay top rates when they can get the office clerk to do a bit of easy peasy coding in their lunch hour.