Cole is currently a junior at Corona del Mar High School in Newport Beach, California. As a kid who started coding in fifth grade, he knows what it takes to progress through the learning curve. After seeing students at his high school struggle with the course work for the newly-added AP Computer Science A class, he knew he could do something to help kids considering he faced the same obstacles as a young person learning to code. Cole strongly believes kids should be writing actual programs instead of using browser programs or drag-and-drop languages. Instead of learning to problem solve and debug, these programs don't always enable kids to develop a true understanding of the material. They can create a false perception of computer programming. The minute his peers try to move towards a more advanced coding goal such as building a mobile app, they often give up. His book is the combination of concepts and information Cole would've liked to have when he first started coding.