What is Programming?
Learn what programming is in plain English, without scary terms
Imagine you want to teach your friend to cook pasta. You write them a recipe: first boil water, then add pasta, then drain... That's programming — writing instructions for a computer to execute step by step.
Programmer = Chef
A chef writes recipes for people. A programmer writes 'recipes' (code) for a computer. A computer follows every instruction very precisely — so the instructions must be clear and correct!
JavaScript is the language we use to 'talk' to computers. Almost every website you visit daily is written in JavaScript — YouTube, Instagram, Google...
Don't worry if something seems difficult at first. Programming is like learning a new language. It's confusing at the start, but then it gets easy! 😊