https://github.com/lanesawyer/advent-of-code

Advent of Code challenge
https://github.com/lanesawyer/advent-of-code

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Advent of Code challenge

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/lanesawyer/advent-of-code
• Owner: lanesawyer
• License: gpl-3.0
• Created: 2017-12-02T01:42:49.000Z (about 7 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-12-01T09:01:41.000Z (22 days ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-12-01T09:22:02.262Z (22 days ago)
• Language: Rust
• Size: 197 KB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# Advent of Code

[Advent of Code](https://adventofcode.com/) is a yearly programming challenge that encourages people to solve problems using programming. This repository holds any attempts I make at completing the challenge!

# Years

## 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024: Rust

I decided to do the 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024 challenge using Rust. I don't use Rust professionally, so I want to flex my problem solving skills with it using Advent of Code.

### Running the Project

- Install the Rust tooling

- Navigate to `rust-202#/` for whatever year you want to run

- `cargo run` will run a CLI program that outputs info for each of the challenges

- `cargo test` will run all the unit tests

### How to Use the `aoc-utils` Crate

- Install the utils crate to your system by running `cargo install --path aoc-utils` from the root of the repository.

- Get the session token by inspecting an authenticated request to the Advent of Code website. There's not currently an easier way that I know, unfortunately.

- Place that session token in a `.env` file at the root of the repository with the key `AOC_SESSION_TOKEN`.

- Use the `aoc-utils` command as you're developing your solutions! See what's available by running `aoc-utils --help`.

### Needed Updates

#### aoc-utils

- More helper functions for common input parsing needs

- Run a single day instead of all of them

- Instructions on how to use the CLI tooling

- Submission of answers (and rate limiting so I don't accidentally spam the server)

- Publish helper crates to crates.io

- More CLI options (like setting the `input` storage directory)

- Festive ASCII art

#### Problem Solving Code

- Remove deprecated read_input function in 2021's code

- Set up a workspace so I can have all years depend on workspace dependencies, which makes me feel better about pulling in a variety of helpful crates