Some feedback taken from the exercism/java Gitter room:

I'm having trouble even starting the exercism course. I'm on the 2nd exercise and I just have no idea where to begin.

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I actually managed to get the first two tests to pass now. But yeah in the beginning it's a bit overwhelmingly contextless and I had no idea how to start
That task has a huge README on TDD which is great, really helpful to understand how to work your way through these tasks in general. But at that stage I wasn't ready for the task itself. I needed a nudge in the right direction.

As it was, it turned out I just needed to understand that if I simply deleted the exception and return the string in the test, that the test would pass.

Once I understood what exactly the test was doing and what it was expecting, (and that I needed to return the value rather than print it), I've been pretty much fine ever since.

Maybe we need to append some hints to make it more obvious what is expected for brand new users (or make it more explicit that the tests are the place to consult for implementation questions?

What do we think @exercism/java? I'd be interested in hearing opinions and getting them implemented if we decide anything needs to be done! 🙂