There are two things: computer science and programming. you can learn one without being competent at the other. Programming is programming. I don't care if

There are two things: computer science and programming. you can learn one without being competent at the other. Programming is programming. I don't care if it is just Javascript on a web page, or if it is C. The key is being able to step through the code and think through exactly what it is telling the computer to do. When I started teaching my son to program we'd play games like "tell me how to get home from here," and I would pretend to follow his instructions to the letter, showing him how the exacting nature of computer instructions work. Every time he'd use a mistaken preposition we'd pretend we got stuck somewhere, or in the river or something. It was a lot of fun. Computer science is different. Yes, it's helpful if you are in certain fields, but let's not confuse it with programming.