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1 # Hello World 2 3 The classical introductory exercise. Just say "Hello, World!". 4 5 ["Hello, World!"](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Hello,_world!%22_program) is 6 the traditional first program for beginning programming in a new language 7 or environment. 8 9 The objectives are simple: 10 11 - Write a function that returns the string "Hello, World!". 12 - Run the test suite and make sure that it succeeds. 13 - Submit your solution and check it at the website. 14 15 If everything goes well, you will be ready to fetch your first real exercise. 16 17 ## Running the tests 18 19 To run the tests run the command `go test` from within the exercise directory. 20 21 If the test suite contains benchmarks, you can run these with the `--bench` and `--benchmem` 22 flags: 23 24 go test -v --bench . --benchmem 25 26 Keep in mind that each reviewer will run benchmarks on a different machine, with 27 different specs, so the results from these benchmark tests may vary. 28 29 ## Further information 30 31 For more detailed information about the Go track, including how to get help if 32 you're having trouble, please visit the exercism.io [Go language page](http://exercism.io/languages/go/resources). 33 34 ## Source 35 36 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) 37 38 ## Submitting Incomplete Solutions 39 It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.