I'm starting with this template I was suggested: <...

# advent-of-code

[Steve]

I'm starting with this template I was suggested: https://github.com/stkent/AdventOfCode2019Template. But, how do I actually use it? How do I set it up so that the file is read in?

[stkent]

@Steve Copy the input from the website into the file day01/src/main/resources/input.txt.

[stkent]

Then in day01/src/main/kotlin/Main.kt, inside the main function, you can write something like val input = File(ClassLoader.getSystemResource("input.txt").file).readLines() to read in all the lines of the input file as strings

[Steve]

thanks

[Steve]

do you use the Test directories for anything, or were they just auto-generated?

[stkent]

I use them for tests in my own solutions; example here: https://github.com/stkent/AdventOfCode2019/blob/master/day01/src/test/kotlin/FuelTests.kt

[stkent]

Dependencies are set up for JUnit 5 unit tests

[stkent]

(mild spoilers in the test names^)

[todd.ginsberg]

Arrange... Act... Assert... is new to me. That seems like itmore accurately describes Given/When/Then. I might have to thnk about switching.

[stkent]

I often find myself artificially twisting words around to describe GWT test cases; I like that AAA covers the same ground but allows a little bit more freedom of implementation!

[Steve]

@stkent I'm really sorry to keep bothering you, but I have no idea how to add a utils module to that project, and I'm tearing my hair out trying

[stkent]

No worries @Steve! Let me walk through it on my machine so I know the information I'm about to post is good

[Steve]

thank you

[stkent]

Ok, first create a new module using IntelliJ's helper:

[stkent]

[stkent]

Configure it with this options:

[stkent]

[stkent]

[stkent]

Then for any day you want to use your utils, edit the file dayXX/build.gradle.kts and add implementation(project(":utils")) right below implementation(kotlin("stdlib-jdk8"))

[stkent]

Sync with Gradle and you should then have access to code in the utils/src/main/kotlin sources from your dayXX code!

[Steve]

Thank you. I was choosing a new Kotlin module, not a Gradle module using Kotlin. I'll try that now

[stkent]

Yeah, that's a bit of a trap, I've fallen into it before 🙂