> 'Thadus' — a digital learning tool that teaches coding to beginners. > ...purposely built to run offline in areas with patchy internet connection... > ...split into three courses aimed at giving users a basic understanding of coding concepts and how they relate to real world industries.

does sound intriguing and well targeted. The article is _very_ light though on what this actually means.

https://www.thaduscodelabs.com/Course-Covers/ (looks like their website) has material on general pgramming concepts it covers, but again no reason it has its own environment or language.

Does anyone know more?

1. The gap from drag and drop block coding to real text based programming vast. In alot of schools - student typically do this transition from the early years of high schools. After speaking to educators, students (not to mention reflecting on our own experiences) it was clear that something needed to be done to bridge this learning.

2. Essentially we took languages commonly taught in schools - Python and Java and stripped them off their nasty, complex syntaxes to create a simple plain English language: Thadus. Although Python is one of the more simpler language its still difficult to code for young people who've been drag and dropping code.

3. Thadus paired with our accredited coding courses (3 month program) is that stepping stone.