Setting up hello-world has been an issue for people. We send the header file to them, but they need to figure out how to setup a hello_world.cpp file correctly to even get it to compile.
This is a problem since the error messages are usually really bad, because we allow there to not be a cpp file and it thus fails while trying to link. New people don't have a clue how to fix that issue.
I think we should improve hello-world so that it:
- Compiles without the student making any code changes, but fails the test.
- Contains commented explanations for what things are.
Setting up hello-world has been an issue for people. We send the header file to them, but they need to figure out how to setup a hello_world.cpp file correctly to even get it to compile.
This is a problem since the error messages are usually really bad, because we allow there to not be a cpp file and it thus fails while trying to link. New people don't have a clue how to fix that issue.
I think we should improve hello-world so that it: