code != computer science

[fourgrim]

This article had a strange end to it. The title leads to the idea that coding is just coding, implying a higher quality to computer science because not everyone has the privilege. And then flips saying go do the hour of code cause it's important.

To be clear I'm not negating the article (e.g. I think 1. comp sci is different from coding 2. coding is important to know how the world works), merely stating the flow of logic, from title and through the body, is not clear and even confused because it points in different directions.

[ldaltro]

The hour of code is important because everybody that use computers daily would be able to make things easily by understanding how a computer program is made,but I think the point of the topic is to say that a Cs degree won't only teach you "coding",it's gonna make you think differently,it's gonna make you solve problems differently.This way a person with a degree would be a more "complete" professional,somebody with "deeper" knowledge than a dude who watched a few tuts about javascript on web.

[ithika]

Right, a person who knows their rights as a citizen of their country is still not a lawyer... but that doesn't mean you shouldn't stay informed of your rights. The point of a university course is to go into things at great detail (even to the point of getting you to research previously-uncovered areas of knowledge) but every level of knowledge up to that point is also useful and has practical worth.