Fine, Codeacademy teaches Reading (for beginners) instead of Reading (intermediate). But to imply that learning the alphabet is not the first step of learning to read, and instead is a separate thing, is totally disingenuous.
If you want to learn to read: you learn the alphabet first.
If you want to learn to code: you learn the basics first.
Codeacademy targets nonliterate coders, AKA people who don't know the alphabet.
It's pedantic to say that people aren't learning coding, just like it's pedantic to watch someone learning the alphabet and saying "You're not learning to read". Yes, they are, that's the entire reason they're learning the alphabet.
If you want to learn to read: you learn the alphabet first.
If you want to learn to code: you learn the basics first.
Codeacademy targets nonliterate coders, AKA people who don't know the alphabet.
It's pedantic to say that people aren't learning coding, just like it's pedantic to watch someone learning the alphabet and saying "You're not learning to read". Yes, they are, that's the entire reason they're learning the alphabet.