She faced down opposition from the educator community in particular, who asked why they should bring coding into schools.
Tynker, free, Android/iOS Also available as a website, Tynker takes the now familiar structure of turning coding into puzzles.
It's designed to extrapolate all the basics of coding into one comparatively straightforward "drag and drop" interface, and it's used in schools all over the world.
Hancock says this needs to be resolved in two ways – in the short term by boosting the number of digital apprenticeships, and in the long-term by putting coding into the curriculum from a very young age.
It is part of a campaign that Code.org, a non-profit organisation, launched in the US with the goal of introducing coding into the US curriculum and raising awareness around what coding is.
The BBC is also planning an initiative that is set to bring coding into Britain's schools, a move dubbed by BBC director of future media, Ralph Rivera, as a vital step to "transform the nation's ability and attitude towards coding".
