How hard is it to learn coding?


“How hard would it be to fix this? How hard is it to learn to code?”

Two very different questions.

To answer the second question first: coding is something that could (and I think, should) be taught in early grade school. Like learning music, math or languages, anyone can learn, anyone can gain the ability to achieve something appreciable even as a beginner, and just about anyone can develop increasingly advanced skill.

To answer the first question: apps on the App Store are packaged and delivered in a way that allows for modification or tampering by anyone other than the developer. (By contrast, some software is “open source” or “free software,” meaning that the intent is for the code to be inspected, changed, and used in others’ projects as they please. There’s a world of such software available, but apps on the App Store generally fall outside this category.)

What can you do?

If you like this app enough to keep using it, you can try to contact the developer and request the feature you want. Some developers are listening for feedback and are willing to consider and act on it. That’s the only reasonable hope of using this app with that feature.

You could also compare and shop for similar apps, of course.

If you’re actually interested in coding and the task at hand isn’t too complex, and you also own a Mac, and you’re willing to put in the time, you could try to build your own app. (If you’re a true beginner and you want the app on your iPhone, there’s a fair amount involved and it will take as much learning as a beginner’s class would, but it’s possible. In the era of SwiftUI, it’s easier to build a simple iPhone app than it was when I started out.)



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