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Computer software, apps and websites are all made using coding languages or code for short. But despite the importance of coding, there is a major global shortage of people with the right skills. One group in South Africa is working to change that and hopes to create better opportunities for former prisoners. Brothers For All is an organisation founded by former criminals who now teach coding both in poor neighbourhoods and in prison.
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  1. @kumarbhuyan2922

    December 29, 2023 at 10:31 pm

    2 nd chance use it well

  2. @petergames6280

    December 29, 2023 at 10:31 pm

    Wandaful job

  3. @nurmuhammadnur6975

    December 29, 2023 at 10:31 pm

    An heres

  4. @rameeksims131

    December 29, 2023 at 10:31 pm

    Python is the best programming language.

  5. @johnlemon8268

    December 29, 2023 at 10:31 pm

    bix_nood();

  6. @someoneontheinternetuvenev6268

    December 29, 2023 at 10:31 pm

    I hate it a lot when media shows coding as 0's and 1's, its stopping so many ppl from coding bcz it makes it seem like somethibg really hard while its fun rather than hard

  7. @jamjam3448

    December 29, 2023 at 10:31 pm

    Html and css🤣 😂😂🤣. I can't stop laughing 😂 😂 😂. Where's my favorite and weird language, JAVASCRIPT?

  8. @hiimabot8937

    December 29, 2023 at 10:31 pm

    We all deserve a 2nd chance.

  9. @MohammadAli-pq9uu

    December 29, 2023 at 10:31 pm

    i saw html , css

    waiting
    waiting

    where is javascript???

  10. @joegrizzly999

    December 29, 2023 at 10:31 pm

    You guys forget html can be used as an introduction to coding.

  11. @aerox6990

    December 29, 2023 at 10:31 pm

    When you realize it's just HTML

  12. @WisomofHal

    December 29, 2023 at 10:31 pm

    The Thumbnail made it seem like this man was hacking into South African Bank systems from solitary confinement. BBC talking about let's make a documentary of HTML and call it coding

  13. @kjell159

    December 29, 2023 at 10:31 pm

    They're using ubuntu, that's nice.
    I don't use Ubuntu myself really (have installed it on my parents laptop though), I use other Linux distributions.
    Even though I don't know them in person I already like these guys, f*ck Windows. XD

    Btw, don't want to be a know-it-all, but HTML is a markup language, it isn't really programming in the sense of stating commands in an algorithm to the computer.
    It still has certain syntax etc. of course, it's a form of 'code', but it's not programming in the strict sense.

  14. @clodgozon3968

    December 29, 2023 at 10:31 pm

    HTML's pretty easy, but it's still okay for them tho.

  15. @mrhunterf2869

    December 29, 2023 at 10:31 pm

    2:32
    Ubuntu Linux in prison!

  16. @ZeroBudgetDevelopments

    December 29, 2023 at 10:31 pm

    im a british born bi-racial all rounder independent computer scientist independent game developer music producer singer songwrtier poet and much moch more im an ex con and im trying to become wolverhamptons first self taught indepenedent developer/all round one man video ame development team subscribe to my youtube page to follow the progress and maybe even support me as i fight againt the status quo im black british second generation afro carribean and whit british

  17. @androidenthusiast7930

    December 29, 2023 at 10:31 pm

    1:55 Now that's one fine felon

  18. @adamabdul364

    December 29, 2023 at 10:31 pm

    Nice one bro

  19. @Silverpricestodaystackers

    December 29, 2023 at 10:31 pm

    http://techbait.net If you need tech news with an emphasis on programming and that sort of highly technical news feeds then visit my tech news aggregator site! Please bookmark and share with your techie friends! Thanks!

  20. @professorbis7530

    December 29, 2023 at 10:31 pm

    Html boy

  21. @projectjt3149

    December 29, 2023 at 10:31 pm

    One more step to universal tech literacy.

  22. @siya3955

    December 29, 2023 at 10:31 pm

    not only the video is nonsense, but the comments as well

  23. @unboxmodz8584

    December 29, 2023 at 10:31 pm

    everyone does it with clio or loic 2 i dont remember the tool 100%

  24. @LlewellynvonHellen

    December 29, 2023 at 10:31 pm

    HTML AND CSS IS CHILD'S PLAY.

  25. @GenerationNada

    December 29, 2023 at 10:31 pm

    This seems like a bad idea.
    People in prison usually are wronged by society or come from poverty. With a skill set like this, they may become hackers.

  26. @claudeleason

    December 29, 2023 at 10:31 pm

    more news today are like: programmer to prisoner.

  27. @dothedeed

    December 29, 2023 at 10:31 pm

    checkout codecademy.com PHP, HTML, Java, Ruby, Python and jQuery lessons for free.

  28. @tomconti2903

    December 29, 2023 at 10:31 pm

    Come on bbc, some real reporting not this nonsense.

  29. @just1fix2004

    December 29, 2023 at 10:31 pm

    Great stuff man, it's the main reason why jails don't work because they don't help people, they're just a storage facility.

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