Advent of Code 2021
https://www.adventofcode.com/2021
Contributing as "Daniel Ekman"
I'm using Python in PyCharm to solve these puzzles, here's a quick guide to get this up and running.
Download and install:
PyCharm community edition https://www.jetbrains.com/pycharm/download/
Python 3.10 https://www.python.org/downloads/
Follow the steps in this guide:
https://www.jetbrains.com/help/pycharm/creating-and-running-your-first-python-project.html
Don't forget to register on the AoC page to be able to get your personal input data and submit your results. To get part 2 you need to solve part 1 first.
You can use my 00_solution.py as a start for each day, it contains the basics for each solution.
Save the input files in the format xx_input.txt in the same directory as the xx_solution.py files.
Toggle the variable 'simple' from True to False to easily switch from the short examples to the real input data.
I usually do a lot of print() debugging to see what the program does. To control the amount of chatter I set the 'verbose' variable to a number from 0 to ~3 and this is checked before each print statement to set the noise level.
Give the previous years calendar a shot if you are waiting for Dec 1, they are available the other months of the year, or if you sponsor the project as AoC++.
More details on Pycharm:
https://www.jetbrains.com/help/pycharm/quick-start-guide.html