Trying to learn how to code before learning how to program is what makes it so hard. Coding is the act of writing down the program in the computer. Programming is a collection of multiple steps, of which the aim is to reach an automated solution. Coding is writing down the recipe. Programming is figuring out what to put in it. Anybody can program. But not everybody will. It is true for programming, true for cooking. True for music and dancing. The focus on making everyone these days a coder is just wrong. What we must focus in is to make automating computing tasks simple. Its the year 2012, and we are still programming as if it was the 1950's. Though we are not using punch cards anymore, the truth is that there is too much "coding", and too little automation. This does bring a nice point to ponder. Will the programmer out program itself from existence? No. But just like my 67 year old mother fixed a clogged drain this evening by herself, programming will be made easier and easier until people like her can just pick up a computing device and automate a computing task.