The Hour of Code is Here!

Five months ago, I came up with a simple idea: to get ten million students to try one hour of computer science -- the Hour of Code. Code.org was still just a few people, and the team thought I was crazy.

If you told me our movement would grow so powerful that it’d get a Google Doodle, that every Apple retail store in America would host an Hour of Code workshop and that the President himself would call on every student to learn to program (matched by officials on the other side of the aisle), I would’ve thought you were crazy too.

But today, the Hour of Code is here. All of this is becoming a reality. This week, 5 million students -- in 34,000 classrooms, across 167 countries -- will be first to experience the Hour of Code. I’m humbled to think we’re reaching students worldwide to encourage them to just try computer science, because I know one hour can be enough to change a student’s life, as it did mine.

Enjoy our kick-off video, and share it:

The only way our tiny team was able to pull this off was because we received unprecedented support – not just from CEOs, celebrities, and world leaders, but from teachers, parents, and students, in the thousands and millions, to spread a simple idea: that computer science should be accessible to every 21st century student.

Although I’ve barely slept, organizing the Hour of Code over the last 5 months has been the most fulfilling thing I’ve ever done, and I feel lucky to be able to thank you all for your support.

Whether you’re 6 or 106, start learning today!

Hadi Partovi, Code.org

P.S. The week has just started, but already 1.5 mm students have done the Hour of Code, and written 41 mm lines of code. Help us reach 10 million students, and 1 billion lines of code. Give it to the people. Spread it across the country.