Berkeley: Advent of Code, Part B

December's Advent of Code meetup in SF (https://www.meetup.com/ACCU-Bay-Area/events/235787751/) went so well, we're bringing it to Berkeley! Bring your laptop and we'll all work together to solve a programming puzzle from 2016's Advent of Code (http://adventofcode.com/).

Lessons learned from last time:

• We'll try to start coding promptly at 7:00.

• We'll work in "sprints" of 20 minutes each; even so, solving one puzzle may take two or three sprints.

• Between sprints, we'll do a quick "standup" where people can share progress and talk about their approach to the problem.

• During a 20-minute sprint, people will work singly or in groups, however they want to. Someone will be live-coding on the projector screen. We'll rotate this honor depending on how many people want it.

• Each time the group is ready to declare victory or defeat on a given puzzle, we'll take a short break for "lightning talks" from anyone who solved the puzzle, or who tried an interesting avenue of attack (even if it didn't solve the puzzle).

• Do I have to sign up for AoC in order to participate? No, we'll make sure there's a sample input and output available for people to test against.

• What if I've completely solved all of AoC 2016? Then you'll be a valuable asset to the group! :) (If this actually becomes an issue, we could always grab a puzzle from AoC 2015 (http://adventofcode.com/2015) instead.)

Level of Expertise: Beginner to Expert

Join us after the talk for drinks and food at a local Berkeley restaurant!