Always revert to exercise start

Exercism
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Hi,

Is there any way to always begin with a fresh problem when going to e.g. exercism.org/tracks/<track>/exercises/<exercise>/edit?

The context here is that I’d like to solve an exercise multiple times, from scratch, and I’d like a fresh view with which to do that, and having to click on “More” → “Revert to exercise start” ruins that flow, and isn’t representative of solving-from-scratch.

(Maybe there’s a setting or query parameter or something that I’m not aware of? Couldn’t find anything via search.)

Exercism is great! Thanks.

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Not “always begin with a fresh problem”, but you can reset the track.

See Python track - Exercise 'Triangle': can I reset the exercise? - #2 by IsaacG

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You could write a simple tool that uses the API to reset exercises nightly or something

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Or use git locally and reset it to “Iteration 0” as it was delivered. Many ways to make this happen even if there was not support on the platform.

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To be clear, this doesn’t work because you see the existing code for a second first?

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You could Revert-to-Start right after solving it.
And if you want to see your previous attempts you could publish the ones you’re most satisfied with.

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Yes, and the extra friction required.

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This is what I’d do, but I want to make it as simple for the student as possible—learning Git and the CLI isn’t ideal.

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I think I’ll write a Tampermonkey script.

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Which student is solving the same exercise repeatedly from scratch?

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What’s the extra friction required? What would add less friction? (I’m just trying to get clear on exactly what is getting in your way here btw).

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While minor, I find (aside from seeing the prior solution, which is the larger problem) having to click a menu then manually revert to gum up the flow and fast-feedback of solving and understanding a problem.

(I’m just trying to get clear on exactly what is getting in your way here btw).

I appreciate the assistance! (It’s evidently an idiosyncratic use-case; just wondering if something analogous was built-in.)

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Presumably if you wrote the prior solution you’re already pretty familiar with how to solve it? You could also reset after you solve it.

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It is the kata way of doing it. Every day, start from scratch and solve it again.