Computer Coding: Not for Geeks Only - Businessweek

Computer Coding: Not for Geeks Only - Businessweek

Free online courses are instructing non-techies in JavaScript and other coding and design of Web apps

The Web-based backlash against the Stop Online Piracy Act, a bill aimed at taking down overseas distributors of copyrighted movies and music, was much like the Internet itself: decentralized, anarchic, and powerful enough to help persuade Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) to shelve the bill on Jan. 20.