It's not about teaching people literally how to code. It's about teaching people how to learn how to code. For example, if you're trying to teach someone Javas

It's not about teaching people literally how to code. It's about teaching people how to learn how to code. For example, if you're trying to teach someone Javascript with "this is a variable, this is a function, this is an event listener" they're going to get no where. It should be "how to change the color of a button when I click on it." Then you guide the person to creating a good Google search query. And I think it's totally acceptable for beginners (and experienced programmers) to just copy and paste at the beginning, slowly figuring out how it all works as they try to get an idea working.