what do you guys do to get “unstuck”?

[tulip basalt]

Hello, I’m currently in first year college. I would just like to know what do you guys do if youre stuck in a coding problem.

I’ve noticed so far that I have been relying on ChatGpt or any website resources to get “unstuck” with my assignments. Is that bad?

I just sometimes feel down. Because I didnt think for myself to solve the problem. Should I stop relying on these resources and think for myself?

[tardy knoll]

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[upbeat arch]

I typically use a debugger

[tardy knoll]

It looks like you are having issues with debugging or issues that can be solved using a debugger.
Check out this article on dev.java to see how debugging works and how to use a debugger.
This Stack Overflow question and its answers also explain debugging in general.

These links describe how to use the debugger in some IDEs:
• Debugging in IntelliJ
• Debugging in Eclipse

[fast pecan]

I use print statements

I think AI should only be used when you have found ABSOLTELY NO resources. 0 resources.

If you are relying on these, it can be wrong and may lead to code insecurity.

And it also doesn't give you the googling experience because you can't use AI at jobs (most jobs) to get the work done

And imho I think you will spend more time wasted asking it questions and correcting your code than doing a quick Google search for "How to shade dependencies in maven" for example

Although I would recommend a debugger as it is very useful telling you what values variables are, current execution line, status, etc