re: How important is it going to be for a kid born in 2018 to learn coding?

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Ruby on Rails is gaining traction but not entirely mainstream atm.

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its relatively mainstream but there is wayyyyyy more written in Javascript, java, SQL, etc than Ruby on Rails.

I have never fricked around with Ruby On Rails, but I hear if you know python and/or javascript you can pick it up in a few days.