How to get the most out ADVENT OF CODE

[@pupfriend]

I really hope you put together a full programming course one day. I know it is a crowded space with a lot of really good content, but you have a great teaching style!

[@TheAces1979]

Agreed! If he had a Udemy course? I'd join in a heartbeat. Strong work!

[@LaKoentjuh]

I really like Advent of Code to explore new languages and libraries. This year I am exploring the fp-ts library on how to solve those challenges in a more functional way.

[@andrew-burgess]

That's a really great idea, love it!

[@Vantivify]

Same Here. But instead fp-ts I use ts-belt. I find it more robust

[@vikingthedude]

great idea

[@CaptainCoder]

Great video! I teach CS to young students and have them tackling some of these puzzles (esp. the early ones). Definitely going to tell them to watch this video. I've also put together a few "strategy guides" which are designed to walk through a general approach rather than just showing a solution. Today we tackled Day 1 and 2 in class. It was a blast!

[@andrew-burgess]

That’s awesome! So cool to young students getting into CS! All the best!

[@thomasbooij6239]

You've got me excited! Joined your leaderboard and am gonna have some fun with Python! Happy holidays:)

[@juliopacheco1294]

Hell yeah! Nice video man, I'm participating this year, my goal is to reach the day 20 mark :)

[@VforVanish]

Hopefully one day you give us some Rust tips:)

[@makeshiftsavant]

"There's always a part two that kinda gives a little twist on it. you can reuse a lot from the first part but there's gonna be some interesting twists that will always be a little challenging" Day sixers: 💀

[@andrew-burgess]

LOL Actually, day 6 part 2 has been the simplest part 2 so far for me :)

[@makeshiftsavant]

@@andrew-burgess exactly. It was disappointing to say the least.

[@Richard-sp3ul]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@matroqueta6825]

I thought part two of day 4 was trivial after having done part 1... Then I got to day 6, LOL

[@patrickpfenning]

Got a Spot in your Board 🙃

[@AndrewTSq]

I actually found advent of code not so fun, cause how much text I have to read, to just get a sense of what problem they want me to solve. So instead of coding, I was more like "Did I understand the question?", so I give it a 2 out of 10 cause I probably have some adhd reading text :) Never felt the same with codewars anyway.

[@andrew-burgess]

Yeah, I hear that. Sometimes the story surrounding the actual problem was be kinda distracting.

[@eotikurac]

i was never able and will never be able to deal with algorithms. why do people who can think it's easy? i'm on day one and i have no idea what to do with the numbers. i ain't parsing shit today!