Furthermore, there's another potential benefit for these learn to code platforms in coming into compliance.
We enable kids to publish on the App Store, so we have some things that are not supported by a lot of these 'learn to code' platforms," Chen says.
Hopefully, once the first seven go through the process, it will help clear the way for others, and we won't have to see any more headlines declaring the end of learn to code platforms as we know them.
Heimerich told us, essentially, that the C&D letters were sent to get the attention of hacker academies and learn to code platforms, and that the BPPE does not expect to hand out any fines or close down any schools in the near future.
The answer to that question is a little unclear at this point, but from what we could gather from the BPPE, it seems to be a matter of the fact that these learn to code platforms are now pervasive enough, and popular enough, that they can no longer be ignored — for better or worse.
While it's apparently becoming easier and easier to become a developer — judging, at least, by the number of "learn to code!" platforms popping up by the month — the role of a lead developer and engineer within a young tech company has become increasingly demanding over the last five years.
