Advent of Code 2018

This year I’m taking part in the awesome Advent of Code, and because I haven’t done a lot of Ruby over the past couple of years I thought this would be an excellent opportunity to refresh my skills.  In case you’re unfamiliar, AoC is a series of twenty-five coding challenges. Each day leading up to Christmas a new challenge is posted on the site, and there’s a global leaderboard. You can also have local leaderboards (We have one at BJSS for example).

I did originally consider using the opportunity to learn a new language, but the desire to get back to Ruby proved too strong. In truth, I’m glad it did – every time I come back to Ruby after a break, I’m pleasantly surprised by both the bits I’d forgotten and the bits that have been added.

Advent of Code 2018 is at https://adventofcode.com/2018 . In case you’re interested, I’m posting my solutions day-by-day on GitLab here: https://gitlab.com/rosco.peco/aoc-2018 (they’re only spoilers if you decide to look!)

There’s also a subreddit where you can follow the discussion and see some very cool solutions.

In short, if you haven’t already, you should check it out.