We're going to build a simple program that implements only the very first thing a complete Tic Tac Toe program would require, which is to greet the player with a welcome message.

1. Read the output from running learn.
2. Use puts to print "Welcome to Tic Tac Toe!"
3. Have tests pass locally by running learn.
4. Submit solution.

1. Run learn
2. Read output.
3. Code solution in lib/welcome.rb
4. Run learn
5. Read output.
6. If still broken, repeat 3-5
7. If passing, submit with learn submit

Here are some things you can try to get more clues to solve the lab.

When you run ruby lib/welcome.rb from your terminal you are asking the Ruby interpreter to run your program. If you see no output, like below, that means there is no code in lib/welcome.rb to print "Welcome to Tic Tac Toe!".

Note: The file welcome.rb already exists in the folder lib, but is not displayed in Learn IDE default view.

The solution to this is to make sure you have puts "Welcome to Tic Tac Toe!" in lib/welcome.rb. A working program should look like:

Note: Contrary to the workflow of the previous lesson, it is NOT necessary to create a new file to contain the 'puts` instruction.

Hint: Make sure you've saved lib/welcome.rb.

When you run learn you might see failing tests even though your program seemingly works. The failures might read something like:

1) lib/welcome.rb prints "Welcome to Tic Tac Toe!"
   Failure/Error: load './lib/welcome.rb'
     #<IO:0x007fa2b28325a0> received :puts with unexpected arguments
       expected: ("Welcome to Tic Tac Toe!")
            got: ("Welcome to Tic Tac Toe")
   # ./lib/welcome.rb:4:in `puts'

An error like this is telling you that the test expects you to print "Welcome to Tic Tac Toe!", but you printed something else. Programming is absolutely precise, make sure your tests are printing exactly "Welcome to Tic Tac Toe!".

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