Developers as young as 12 are having success developing game apps . Many prodigious developers come out of the CoderDojo , a free coding club for kids . On a personal level , the clubs played an important role in helping to give young people confidence , a peer group of like-minded kids , and a sense of identity . The biggest challenge is that there's no one to teach them how to code and they have little guidance from their parents or teachers about what programming should look like in terms of structure and design. Two entrepreneurial Irish boys are the club 's most high-profile success stories .
Developers as young as 12 are having success developing game apps . Many prodigious developers come out of the CoderDojo , a free coding club for kids . The biggest challenge is that there's no one to teach them how to code and they have little guidance from their parents or teachers about what programming should look like in terms of structure and design. Two entrepreneurial Irish boys are the club 's most high-profile success stories .