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https://github.com/coko7/aoc-2023

My code for the Advent of Code 2023 edition
https://github.com/coko7/aoc-2023

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My code for the Advent of Code 2023 edition

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# aoc-2023



My code for the [Advent of Code - 2023 edition](https://adventofcode.com/2023)



## 👋 Introduction



When I first began doing [AOC](https://adventofcode.com) challenges in 2022, I had no setup. Each day, I would create all of the files manually before starting to write code.

It worked but it made me lose some time here and there. Usually, I would create the file before the daily challenge came out but sometimes I woke up late and lost a bit of time doing some late file creations.

Also, I did not have my own utility classes and I would copy the same code to read and parse the file from the previous day.

All of the things I have mentioned are not huge issues but it was still bothering me.



That's why this year, I have decided to do things a little differently.



## 🛠️ Proper workspace



I have created proper structure for my project and wrote my own utility classes to automatically generate the needed files, easily read the inputs and run the code.

Thanks to that, I can jump straight to solving the daily challenge instead of losing time setting up everything.



What the workspace takes care of:

- Automatically generating empty input files (example, input, input2, etc.) for the current day. I still need to manually copy my input data from AOC website inside the file but that takes like 5 seconds. *I am not so good at solving AOC programming challenges that these lost seconds matter anyway :)*

- Automatically generating a skeleton solver file (C# class file) for the current day:

  ```csharp

  namespace aoc_2023.src.dayXX

  {

      public class DayXXSolver : AocSolver

      {

          // Link to the puzzle: https://adventofcode.com/2023/day/XX

  

          public override int Day => XX;

          public override int Part => 1;

  

          public override void Solve()

          {

              string[] input = ReadInput("input");

              string[] lines = ReadInputLines("input");

  

              Console.WriteLine($"Result for Part {Part} is ");

          }

      }

  }

  ```

- When the project is run, the daily solver will be called and its code will be executed automatically

- Once I am done with the first part of the challenge, I just need to change a boolean in the main function and the solver for part 2 will be automatically generated next time I run the project

- The solver created for part 2 is a direct copy of the solver file for part 1 but with some tiny adjustments (mostly file/class name and `Part` value)



## 💼 Workflow



When it's time to tackle the daily challenges:

- I run the app once to generate the daily files (data folder and solver skeleton for part 1)

- I read the challenge description and start implementing a solution

- I test the solution against example data and make sure it works before testing with my own input

- Once I get the golden star for part 1, I push the code to Git

- Then, I change a boolean in my main function to indicate that I am ready for part 2

- Upon running the project, the solver for part 2 gets automatically generated and it contains the same code as part 1

- I tweak the code of the new generated solver so that it works for part 2

- I test with my inputs and edit the code until I find something that works and I get my second star

- Finally, I push code to Git