bangalore at 1am the lights are still on in 15yearold pratiks room at his house on 80 feet road indiranagar the npskoramangala student is busy typing code on his laptop for his latest app called resolve pratik epitomizes gen x coding and decoding these school children barely into their teens are developing apps drawing attention worldwide i learnt coding by myself with the help of the internet the world wants things simplified and thats why apps are a hit the first app i made was a calculator because my dad was unhappy with the one on his phone my work was initially rejected but i knew that would happen but i continued working when i went to a microsoft conference they told me youngsters have ideas to change the world and we have the time said pratik he was felicitated with a nokia lumia 1520 at the windows azure conference 2014 for his work in developing apps for windows and windows phone store rahul yedida a class 12 student at the national centre for excellence has around 18000 downloads for the app he and his friend created i wasnt too happy with the amount of maths homework i started wondering whether an app could do it at the same time i had learnt a new language and wanted to test my skills thats how i started working on it said rahul programming is fun seeing a computer work the way you want it to gives you special joy said vaisakh m rahuls codeveloper they sent a letter to bill gates about the app and got a reply lauding their achievementquote hanger during my free time i read about programming which helps me when i write programs my friends in the colony join me when i watch videos about it they do programs in other languages i play games and used to wonder how theyre made my dad promised to get me a laptop if i start programming and thats how it startedthrisha mohan 12 vidyashilp academy now working on a jewellery app apps are the cool things to do now with the kind of access possible thanks to smart phones they have gone to the masses i wouldnt be surprised at the number of apps being created when an app is created in a college dormitory 1000 students in the college will download it thats instant gratification the ecosystem is such that with social networking sites you become an instant hero the question is how many can be successful and have a long lifes sadagopan director iiitb apps are more relevant for those growing up with interfaces which are mobile and wearable we also need to realise there is a growing generation of people whose first point of access to the digital as well as to the connected worlds of the internet is through mobile devices and apps are a natural way of interaction it is a positive trend because it allows users to think of