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by DirtyAndy 5709 days ago
For windows based web development: How would you create a web page that said "Hello World"?

It the answer is not start notepad (I'll accept Notepad+), type in Hello World and save it as .htm or .html and put it on a webserver then for most of the places I have done interviewing for over the years they have missed the first requirement, get it done as easily and quickly as you can.

I fully appreciate that this varies massively by company, and I would want to know that the person can answer certain levels of technical questions but finding people who don't overcomplicate problems is hard, finding people who learnt recursion at university or as another commentator mentioned, can define polymorphism is actually not that hard.
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thetylerhayes 5709 days ago
Interesting. Even though I fully subscribe to the minimalist notion, I would have opened notepad and at least entered valid HTML:

  <!DOCTYPE html>
  <title>Hello page</title>
  <p>Hello world</p>
Thanks for sharing that viewpoint. I never thought of it that way. (Perhaps freelancing has made me forget good habits.)
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