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Thuc Nhi Le, Shokhzodbek Saidov, Justin Smith · 2020
Debugging compiler errors is essential to programming and can be challenging for novice programmers. In introductory computer science courses, challenging errors can discourage students. One reason these errors are difficult to resolve is that most online help systems do not match a student's code. For example, online reference pages use different variable names, identifiers, and method names compared with a student's particular code. To utilize existing resources, students must wade through other people's code (which is often too advanced for novices to comprehend). This is time-consuming and does not provide novices with solutions.