History of CoderDojo

CoderDojo is a non profit global movement founded by James Whelton and Bill Liao.

It all started in James Whelton’s school in early 2011 when James (then 18 year-old coder) received some publicity after hacking the iPod Nano and as a result some younger students expressed an interest in learning how to code. He set up a computer club in his school (PBC Cork) where he started teaching students basic HTML and CSS. Later that year he met Bill Liao, a entrepreneur and philanthropist, who was interested in growing the project into something bigger.

In June 2011 the first CoderDojo was launched in the National Software Centre in Cork which saw extreme success. The Cork Dojo even saw people travelling from Dublin frequently to attend sessions. Owing to this popularity a Dublin Dojo was launched soon after. By making the movement open source it has since led to hundreds of dedicated Champions setting up more Dojos around Ireland and the CoderDojo movement has even grown to become a global phenomenon.

In June 2011 the first CoderDojo was launched in the National Software Centre in Cork which saw extreme success. The Cork Dojo even saw people travelling from Dublin frequently to attend sessions. Owing to this popularity a Dublin Dojo was launched soon after. By making the movement open source it has since led to hundreds of dedicated Champions setting up more Dojos around Ireland and the CoderDojo movement has even grown to become a global phenomenon.

CoderDojo Castleknock started in 2014