Is it time to replace Hello World?

Chris Jarvis - Aug 3 '22 - - Dev Community

It's a common practice to code the phrase "Hello World!", to the screen the first time you use a new language or program. I wrote about this in an early blog post. But am updating not with syntax highlighting.

Here's how "Hello World!" is created in a few languages.

HTML

<title>Hello World</title>
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<H2>Hello World!</h2>
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JavaScript

console.log("Hello World!")
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C#

Console.WriteLine("Hello World"!)
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Python

print ("Hello World!")


def hello_function():
    print("Hello World!")
hello_function()
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Well time and frameworks change, is it time to replace Hello World? What would be a suitable replacement?

What would make a dev smile to see on screen?

My Suggestion

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The classic greeting from an old mentor.

Hello There!

Obi wan Hello There

HTML

<title>Hello There</title>
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<H2>Hello There!</h2>
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JavaScript

console.log("Hello There!")
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Python

print("Hello There!")

def hello_function():
    print("Hello there!")
hello_function()
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See it looks good.

-$JarvisScript git push

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