Whether or not this is good or bad depends on how experienced you are -- On a platform I have been using for years, in which I have expertise... this would be a

Whether or not this is good or bad depends on how experienced you are -- On a platform I have been using for years, in which I have expertise... this would be a tragedy. But, as an example, I just picked up rails 2 weeks ago, and have written a fairly complex app with it. I google quite a bit, not as a crutch to thinking, but to gain insights from people who know the platform better than I. Each new component I need for my app instigates some research to see how other people have done it. I do not copy and paste the results... I analyze and critique them for my own purposes. The next time I need a similar function, I think for myself. Over time, I become an expert and no longer need Google to get a project done.