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# Hello World
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The classical introductory exercise. Just say "Hello, World!".
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["Hello, World!"](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Hello,_world!%22_program) is
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the traditional first program for beginning programming in a new language
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or environment.
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The objectives are simple:
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- Write a function that returns the string "Hello, World!".
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- Run the test suite and make sure that it succeeds.
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- Submit your solution and check it at the website.
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If everything goes well, you will be ready to fetch your first real exercise.
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* * * *
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For installation and learning resources, refer to the
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[exercism help page](http://exercism.io/languages/ruby).
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For running the tests provided, you will need the Minitest gem. Open a
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terminal window and run the following command to install minitest:
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gem install minitest
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If you would like color output, you can `require 'minitest/pride'` in
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the test file, or note the alternative instruction, below, for running
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the test file.
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Run the tests from the exercise directory using the following command:
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ruby hello_world_test.rb
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To include color from the command line:
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ruby -r minitest/pride hello_world_test.rb
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## Source
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This is an exercise to introduce users to using Exercism [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Hello,_world!%22_program](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Hello,_world!%22_program)
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## Submitting Incomplete Solutions
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It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.
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