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Gina Bégin
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Gina Bégin
Courses Plus Student 8,613 Points

Are there hints available if you get really stuck on a coding challenge question & can't move on?

It would be nice to see a pop up or something about what to do next if you're stuck or something that allows you to even see the answer if you get it wrong (that goes across the board in all courses; it'd be nice to see what the answers are to questions I missed).

In this course, I know there is a message that comes up alongside the "Bummer!" Make sure..." part to tell you you got the answer wrong, but it is the same message over and over again, so it doesn't look like it might always apply to something you did wrong. Additionally, sometimes you just can't get it right — it'd be great to be able to get further hints or the answer, then move on from there.

4 Answers

Hey Gina, what I do with great success is just put the title of the step in the challenge into Google or similar search engine, there almost 100% of the time is a link to that question asked on this forum that has the answer, just make sure you understand why it's the answer before moving on.

Hope this helps!

Gina Bégin
Gina Bégin
Courses Plus Student 8,613 Points

I have been doing that, but got stuck on the last question! It's a great tip, but for this last time, it didn't seem to work for me.

I have had this happen - sometimes when I have either cut and pasted something or I miss a space or quotes. There have been times when I definitely have no mistakes in the code I have written but the "Bummer..." message keeps popping up.

Hmm, that's unfortunate, it always works for me. ;p

Well I'm sure if you post your code here and the question asked, one of us on the forum will help direct you to the correct answer. The Treehouse community is very cool, they always help whenever I run into a problem.

Good luck!

Gina Bégin
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Gina Bégin
Courses Plus Student 8,613 Points

I guess there are just some bugs — to be expected from time to time; it's still a great program! :) Thanks, all.