Advent of Code 2024 – C# Solutions

This repository contains a series of C# console applications created to solve challenges from Advent of Code 2024. Each subproject corresponds to a specific day or part of a day’s challenge.

🧠 What’s Inside?

• ✏️ Daily Puzzle Solutions – implemented in separate C# projects (e.g., Advent24_1, Advent24_2, etc.)
• 📂 Input Handling – each project reads from an input file located in Input/input.txt
• 🧮 Algorithmic Practice – solutions feature logic for sorting, parsing, scoring, and more
• 🔁 Standalone Execution – every project can be run independently using the .NET CLI or Visual Studio

🧰 Tech Stack

• Language: C#
• Framework: .NET 6 or higher
• IDE: Visual Studio 2022
• Structure: Multi-project solution with shared problem-solving patterns

🛠️ Database Setup

Although these are mostly algorithm-based challenges, if persistence is required in future enhancements, a simple SQLite or in-memory database can be integrated using Entity Framework Core.

Note: No database is used by default in this challenge suite.

🖼️ User Interface

This solution is console-based, with minimal UI by design. Each project prints output such as totals, scores, or matches directly to the console window after processing inputs.

🚀 Getting Started

1. Clone the repository

   git clone https://github.com/SphiweNdou/Advent2024.git
   cd Advent2024

2. Open the solution in Visual Studio

   • File → Open → Advent24.sln

3. Run a specific day’s project

   • Open Program.cs inside a folder like Advent24_1
   • Ensure the Input/input.txt file exists
   • Run the project to see the console output

4. OR use .NET CLI

   cd Advent24_1
   dotnet run

📁 Folder Structure

Advent24.sln ├── Advent24_1/ ├── Advent24_2/ ├── Advent24_3/

Each folder contains:

• Program.cs – logic for solving the puzzle
• Input/input.txt – test data or challenge input

👨‍💻 Author

Sphiwe Ndou
Software Developer | Full-Stack .NET Enthusiast
GitHub: @SphwieNdou
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ndivhuho-ndou-39246515a