Coding is the use of computer languages, but learning to code is no more useful than learning to use a hammer, screwdriver, and drill and thinking one is “now a carpenter.”

Learning to program is a step higher. Understanding the fundamentals of computer science, then programming, then picking an appropriate language, then coding in it is more appropriate.

I won’t harp on Javascript because if the best you can muster is a tricycle, the Tour De France is out of your reach. However, here’s an example:

GIVEN: you have a device that is either ON or OFF, and it is remotely controlled. There is a variable X which is either a 0 (device turns off) or 1 (device turns on).

Here it is in what a simple Javascript “coder” would do:

let X = 0;

if (X === 0) {
    X = 1;
} else {
    X = 0;
}

And here’s how a real programmer would write it:
X = 1 -X;

Teaching “coding” is like abandoning a small child at a big box building store and telling them “You have all the tools. Make stuff.”

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