{"id":2462,"date":"2015-05-12T23:26:53","date_gmt":"2015-05-12T23:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/blog\/?p=2462"},"modified":"2025-01-22T16:39:54","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T21:39:54","slug":"coding-a-revolution-code-district-and-its-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/blog\/coding-a-revolution-code-district-and-its-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"Coding a Revolution: Code District and its Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>With the advent of coding becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.educationnews.org\/education-policy-and-politics\/obama-encourages-hour-of-code-initiative\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Presidential Initiative<\/a>&nbsp;and a growing extension of the S.T.E.M curriculum to get school children versed in the sciences and computer languages, it should be no surprise to anyone that we are amid a digital revolution. But all of these initiatives will fail if we, Generation X, lack the knowledge to understand what our children will very likely be fluent in: coding. It\u2019s a collective effort &nbsp;that needs &#8216;doers,&#8217; and a small company called <a href=\"https:\/\/codedistrict.io\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Code District<\/a> is taking on the challenge, one meetup at a time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last week, Code District hosted an event at InMotion Hosting\u00a0(IMH) headquarters in Culver City, CA. The casual meetup was one in the many that have occurred at our offices.\u00a0Just like we\u2019re dedicated to getting businesses running with a proper host for their website, Code District is dedicated to instructing students taught by industry professionals to educate the masses in the computer sciences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em><strong>Relevant:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/blog\/girl-develop-it-steering-the-future-of-women-in-tech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Girl Develop It &#8211; Steering the Future of Woman In Tech<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The event that took place last week at IMH was titled, &#8220;Under the Sheet of PhantomJS,&#8221; with<a href=\"https:\/\/www.convertro.com\/team_member\/buddy-sandidge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Buddy Sandidge<\/a> as the event&#8217;s presenter. &nbsp;PhantomJS is a computer programming &nbsp;script that is used to enable website navigation and the tracking &nbsp;of user behaviors online for specific web pages. The event was free to attend and had a successful turn out of a dozen learners!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Code District organizes these meet ups in order to access the community at large into garnering skills in programming to become smarter professionals or to completely grow a new skill in computer programming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Find out about a Code District\u2019s future <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/code-district\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MeetUp<\/a> or check out their formal curriculum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the advent of coding becoming a Presidential Initiative&nbsp;and a growing extension of the S.T.E.M curriculum to get school children versed in the sciences and computer languages, it should be no surprise to anyone that we are amid a digital revolution. 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