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Hello World

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Exercism's classic introductory exercise. Just say "Hello, World!".

Status

solved

Difficulty

easy

Date

August 31, 2026

Solved

Yes

Instructions

Hello World

Welcome to Hello World on Exercism's JavaScript Track.

If you need help running the tests or submitting your code, check out HELP.md.

Instructions

The classical introductory exercise.

Just say "Hello, World!".

<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Hello,_world!%22_program" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">"Hello, World!"</a> is the traditional first program for beginning programming in a new language or environment.

The objectives are simple:

  • Modify the provided code so that it produces the string "Hello, World!".
  • Run the test suite and make sure that it succeeds.
  • Submit your solution and check it at the website.

If everything goes well, you will be ready to fetch your first real exercise.

Solution

hello-world.jsjavascript
//
//This is only a SKELETON file for the 'Hello World' exercise. 
// It's been provided as a
// convenience to get you started writing code faster.
//

export function hello() {
  return 'Hello, World!';
}

Tests

1 file
hello-world.spec.jsjavascript
import { describe, expect, test } from '@jest/globals';
import { hello } from './hello-world';

describe('Hello World', () => {
  test('Say Hi!', () => {
    expect(hello()).toEqual('Hello, World!');
  });
});
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