Appcelerator in Afghanistan: Code to Inspire
Summary
She started Code to Inspire in 2015 with the goal of teaching programming skills to female students between the ages of 15 and 25, opening up financial and social opportunities they wouldn’t otherwise have. Courses in coding, access to technological and professional resources, and job placement will enable CTI students to gain employment where they can become financially independent while staying within social norms for women in Afghanistan. Following the Appcelerator documentation and other resources online, I have taught basic concepts, including ImageView, Button, TextField, TextArea, Tabs and TabGroups, ScrollView, ScrollableView, Dialogs, TableView, Sound, AudioPlayer, Files, Slider, ProgressBar, Android ActionBar, and providing images for different screen sizes. These girls, the majority of whom hadn’t even touched a computer and didn’t even know what a keyboard looked like, can now code in HTML, CSS, JS and create web pages. FF: Our students have started to build their first real projects, including an app to introduce the faculty and departments of Herat University, a music player, a unit converter, and guides to Afghan foods, traffic signs and herbal medicines.
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