What this snippet does
/etc/hosts wins over DNS for most resolvers, which is handy for local testing.
Expected output
127.0.0.1 app.local
Why practise typing this
Typing networking code builds muscle memory for the symbols and indentation Linux uses most, which prose-based typing tests never cover. DevType measures your words per minute and accuracy on this snippet and tracks the individual characters you mistype, so later lessons can target them.
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