I feel like I've read this article before somewhere. Regardless, it's about 2-3 years too late. This "learn to code" stuff was all the rage up until about a year ago but has since died down a bit.
Yes - I don't know if it's a trend, but it seems like plagiarism in internet journalism has been gaining steam lately. I think the internet is full now; we can stop creating new content.
The neat thing about the ease of searching news sites is you can see the incredible proliferation of news articles that are just rewriting someone else's scoop.
