The Youngest Person to Participate in Apple's Coding Competition

The Swift Student Challenge The competition, called 'Swift', is an event organized on the programming language called Swift, which Apple introduced 5 years ago. The competition is based on an application called Swift Playgrounds, which was introduced by Apple in 2016 and teaches the basics of coding for beginners. Participants in the competition; They are expected to move their avatars in accordance with the programming concept they have chosen, in a highly complex maze setup. Once they pass this stage, kids can create their own mini projects using the Swift app.  

From students of Renaissance College in Hong Kong 12-year-old Jacob Prohaska is the youngest participant of this new competition organized by Apple. The ambitious young man, who is passionate about Dungeons & Dragons, states that he enjoys developing his own games and is always looking for a way to bring these games to the digital platform. This being the case, we can say that Playgrounds was a turning point for Jacob. Stating that he was introduced to the Swift Playgrounds application when he was only in the 3rd grade, the young man adds that he enjoys using the application and has a lot of fun trying out the different features on the platform.

The 12-year-old young man prepared for the competition for days: 

In fact, working with the levels on Playgrounds requires a lot of patience and concentration, which is something that is extremely difficult to see in young children, except when playing Fortnite or Minecraft. Given these facts, Jacob, who was asked to work on a stage he had never attempted before, was, so to speak, everyone it amazes you. We can say that the young man, who focused on the puzzle in front of him for about 10 minutes, surprised everyone once again by sharing the road map he developed.  

As we mentioned before, this platform requires a great deal of patience and concentration. Jacob, many days from the moment he saw the competition announcement. for hours via app He states that he practices coding. Stating that he never gave up despite his unsuccessful efforts many times, the 12-year-old young man says that he is happy to see the results of the project he worked on with great effort. 16 June We hope that 12-year-old Jacob, who also takes coding lessons from a private instructor, will achieve good results in the competition, the results of which are expected to be announced on .

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