Progressive Hint Feature

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Assessment

Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
30/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
typescript, vscode

Research direction

No files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by locating the exercise help and solution UI in the VS Code extension, then trace how exercise state and section limits are handled. Done means a progressive hint flow appears only after testing and iteration, supports three hints, and enforces the proposed solution limits.

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Description

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
I am an 8th grade student who is completing this course, and a constant problem that i have had is not knowing how to approach a specific exercise. I have seen the help button, but that does not help me understand in any way so i have though of an approach for this problem.

Describe the solution you'd like
My idea is to have a progressive hint button for each exercise. How this would work is it would be disabled before the user starts the exercise and after they have effectively tested and iterated the code the hint button would appear. When it is pressed , there will be a hint that gives them a way to approach the exercise so they do not skip beneficial exercises and cheat on them. The hint button will be able to reactivate 3 times with the same conditions and then there would be a show solution button. that button on the other hand would only be able to be used 3 times a section per part. This way they prevent cheating on all exercises and help the students

Describe alternatives you've considered
I have not had any alternative ideas at this point

Additional context
I have thought about how students could cheat but the restrictions would not allow them to, and even if they do it is to their loss, as they are not learning anything.. The learning students also have a oppurtunity to learn and have help

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TypeScript
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Forks
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