Towards programming for the non-technical
SuTe Lei · 2004
The tasks of software development have traditionally been done by highly-skilled and well-trained computer programmers. A solid educational background is often required to understand programming languages used in the development. For people who are educationally disadvantaged, the task of computer programming seems remote. It might appear that there is no strong reason for those people to partake programming activities. However, in today's volatile business environment, giving programming capabilities to the educationally disadvantaged might be an economically viable way to upgrade the competitiveness of a business entity. To achieve this, there is a need for an easy-to-use programming environment that has the following assumptions for its users: i) no formal trainings in computer programming, ii) minimum educational backgrounds, and iii) of different ethnicity and are unable to communicate using the commonly spoken language.