The latest articles on DEV Community by Jakub Chrzanowski (@hsz). https://dev.to/hsz https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F144608%2F72422624-0b10-4023-93eb-97a79ca04156.jpeg https://dev.to/hsz en Jakub Chrzanowski Thu, 14 Nov 2019 20:57:55 +0000 https://dev.to/hsz/advent-of-code-with-kotlin-in-1-minute-2m84 https://dev.to/hsz/advent-of-code-with-kotlin-in-1-minute-2m84 <p>The first of December is close. Some may have already heard that the fifth edition of <a href="https://adventofcode.com">Advent of Code</a> is starting next month.</p> <p>For those who do not know what is going on - I will quickly quote its creator, Eric Wastl:</p> <blockquote> <p>Advent of Code is an Advent calendar of small programming puzzles for a variety of skill sets and skill levels that can be solved in any programming language you like. People use them as a speed contest, interview prep, company training, university coursework, practice problems, or to challenge each other.</p> </blockquote> <p>The general idea is simple - every day there is a new puzzle to solve. We have to deal with the previous one to unlock the next ones and help Santa with his surprising problems in the final.</p> <p>This year I decided to use the Kotlin language - mainly because I want to get to know it better and - classically - feel the competitive spirit.</p> <p>Let's get to the point!</p> <p>I have created already a preconfigured Kotlin project with sources and tests structure, README template and solution for Day 1 of the 2015 edition.</p> <p>It is a GitHub <strong>template repository</strong> that can be easily used as a boilerplate for your own Advent of Code solutions set.</p> <p>It can be found here: <a href="https://github.com/hsz/advent-of-code-kotlin-template">https://github.com/hsz/advent-of-code-kotlin-template</a></p> <p><a href="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--AE93gm-l--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://thepracticaldev.s3.amazonaws.com/i/amopzii2mgroqqti81om.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--AE93gm-l--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://thepracticaldev.s3.amazonaws.com/i/amopzii2mgroqqti81om.png" alt="advent-of-code-kotlin-template"></a></p> <p>All you have to do is hit the <em>Use this template</em> button, clone repository and open it within IntelliJ IDEA.</p> <p><a href="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--qi59ceV9--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://thepracticaldev.s3.amazonaws.com/i/b7d3ed5g0ck4kh8nor05.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--qi59ceV9--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://thepracticaldev.s3.amazonaws.com/i/b7d3ed5g0ck4kh8nor05.png" alt="advent-of-code-kotlin-template"></a></p> <p>Good luck! </p> adventofcode kotlin intellij