[lmcnish14]

One reason to submit before it passes is so that you can see how others did it. If you're learning a new language and don't even know where to start, it can be useful to get help from others first then try to implement it yourself.

[scottmf]

It would be nice if it could run tests in-browser to show whether a submission passes or not.

[Jnnz]

Isn't that cheating?

[cavanasm]

IIRC, exercism doesn't really encourage completing things for points, and didn't especially heavily gamify the learning process. Copying answers really just seemed like shortchanging yourself when I was using it.

[drdrey]

It's not cheating if you're trying to learn, not compete

[Elidrake24]

Doesn't that really depend upon the way that you treat the problem? If you're just looking to pass, what do you have to gain? This isn't a course in College.

[yeahbutbut]

You're the one deciding what you need out of the material so that's up to you ;-)

[lmcnish14]

If you don't know how to even get started, what do you have to gain from just being stuck?

When I started on the assembly track, looking at others code to figure out how to get set up for the first challenge allowed me to do the rest on my own.