Advent of Code 2024

Get the puzzle input

• Go to the Advent of Code website
• Login and get the session cookie
• Get the input here: https://adventofcode.com/2024/day/X/input

Develop the puzzles

• Copy the folder src/day-00 and rename it to the specific day
• Copy the sample inputs and actual inputs to the .txt files in the new folder
• In src/index.ts, update the day number in the imports

Alternative to copy paste

• Run the following command to copy the folder and files, with the day number as an argument, from 1-25:

npm run copy 1

Run the solution

Start a dry run for puzzle 01 or 02:

npm start 01
npm start 02

Start a real run with the boolean for dry run false:

npm start 01 false
npm start 02 false