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Would it be possible to provide consistent boilerplate on Lua track - or at the least better instructions how to submit solutions.

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
lua

Research direction

Start by comparing the testing setup and instructions for the named exercises: Hello World, Hamming, House, Difference of Squares, and Leap. Document or align the boilerplate so a beginner can determine how to run each exercise's tests consistently; done means the setup differences are explained or removed.

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Description

On most other tracks once you get through setting up the language and running "Hello World" - and maybe one or two more problems - you pretty much know how to test. But on Lua track the boilerplate evolves without any explanation. I solved "Hello World", "Hamming", "House" "Difference of Squares" and "Leap" and for each one the setup for testing looks slightly different. Perhaps it is obvious once you progress in Lua a bit but it is really confusing for beginner.

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Lua
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