This year for https://adventofcode.com instead of solving the puzzles, try to reimplement reddit solutions in as many languages as possible. See https://www.reddit.com/r/adventofcode/
Languages to try:
- Python
- R
- Julia
- C#
- C (not C++)
- Rust
- Go
- JavaScript
- MATLAB/Octave
Can be set up with C/C++ extension in either Windows or WSL.
On Windows install Build Tools for Visual Studio 2022 which adds "x64 Native Tools Command Prompt for VS 2022" & PS to the Windows Start Menu. https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/?q=build+tools
Or open the Visual Studio Installer. Installing MSVC requires a subscription.
IMPORTANT! Select "Desktop Development with C++" or cl.exe will not be available.
Open the Build Tools Command Prompt and enter cl.exe to test.
See VS2022 component ID listing https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/install/workload-component-id-vs-build-tools?view=vs-2022
IMPORTANT! Start "x64 Native Tools Command Prompt for VS 2022", navigate to
working folder, and execute code . to start VSCode with build tools enabled.
Install gcc and gdb using apt.
Read these links carefully to learn how to run & debug c/c++ in vscode.
- https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/cpp/config-msvc
- https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/cpp/config-wsl
- https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/cpp/config-linux
Requires .NET SDK v6 or v7, https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download.
Requires R CRAN package languageserver. This is available from Ubuntu using,
but instead install from source.
NOTE! Requires xml2 and libxml2-dev, install first using apt. May need to
install using --no-lock.
Requires Julia Language Server
A bit of nightmare, but easy if you just install latest version following these directions, follow VSCode Go plugin instructions, and add "dlvFlags": ["--only-same-user=false"] to the launch.json