Advent of Code

So the big thing I did in December was to start my own YouTube channel, and I kicked it off with a series of videos where I attempted to solve all the daily challenges from Eric Wastl's Advent of Code website, in both C# using LINQ where possible and also in F#.

Here's the full series of 25 videos (well over 4 hours of material). Hope you enjoy it.



If you'd like to read a bit more about the solution for each day, then here's a full set of posts about each day's challenge, including my answers in C# and F#:

• Advent of Code Day 25–Mission Accomplished
• Advent of Code Day 24–Balancing the Sleigh
• Advent of Code Day 23–Following Instructions
• Advent of Code Day 22–Selecting Spells
• Advent of Code Day 21–Beating the Boss
• Advent of Code Day 20–Counting Presents
• Advent of Code Day 19–Mutating Molecules
• Advent of Code Day 18–Game of Lights
• Advent of Code Day 17–Filling the Fridge
• Advent of Code Day 16–Aunt Sue’s Clues
• Advent of Code Day 15–Cookie Calorie Counting
• Advent of Code Day 14–Reindeer Races
• Advent of Code Day 13–Optimal Seating Plan
• Advent of Code Day 12 Solved in C# and F#
• Advent of Code Day 11 Solved in C# and F#
• Advent of Code Day 10 Solved in C# and F#
• Advent of Code Day 9 Solved in C# and F#
• Advent of Code Day 8 Solved in C# and F#
• Advent of Code Day 7 Solved in C# and F#
• Advent of Code Day 6 Solved in C# and F#
• Advent of Code Day 5 Solved in C# and F#
• Advent of Code Day 4 Solved in C# and F#
• Advent of Code Day 3 Solved in C# and F#
• Advent of Code Day 2 Solved in C# and F#
• Advent of Code Day 1 Solution in C# and F#
• Advent of Code

November and December Roundup

Happy New Year! It's been a busy two months for me, including me working on a new Pluralsight course and creating my own YouTube channel. But more on that in a future next post. Here's a round-up of the non - Advent of Code related stuff I've been blogging about recently:

LINQ and F#:

• LINQ Challenge #2 Answers in C#
• Lunchtime LINQ Challenge #2 Answers in F#
• Compute Running Totals in LINQ with MoreLinq.Scan

Misc

• Keep Plodding

September and October Update

Here’s a quick roundup of what I’ve been writing about in the last two months.

F#

• LINQ Challenge #1 Answers in F#
• LINQPad Dump for F#
• Recursive Sequence Expressions in F#

NAudio

• Towards a Fluent NAudio API
• Concatenating Sample Providers in NAudio
• NAudio FAKE, WMA, MEF, and VS2015
• NAudio and Windows 10

LINQ / Functional Programming

• Lunchtime LINQ Challenge #2
• Functional Programming Big Ideas for C# Developers

Misc

• How to Cut Sections out of an MP4 File with FFmpeg

July and August Update

My big news from the last two months is that I’ve released a new Pluralsight course – Creating and Selling a Digital Product. I’ve also managed to progress a bit towards the next release of NAudio. Here’s links to the new posts I’ve done in the last few months over at my new blog.

NAudio

• NAudio FAKE, WMA, MEF, and VS2015
• NAudio and Windows 10

Miscellaneous

• Microthoughts on Microservices
• Bootstrap Themed Radio Button Groups with Knockout
• Advertising–How hard can it be?

June Update

June has been a busy month for me. I’m working on a new course for Pluralsight, and you might be able to guess what it’s going to be about from what I’ve been blogging about. As usual, my articles are now hosted over at my new site, so do head over there to keep up with my latest content.

Creating and Selling Digital Product Series

• A tale of two albums
• Does my product idea need to be unique?
• How to generate fresh ideas for your next digital product
• What sort of digital product should you create?
• Why you should create a digital product and sell it online

Azure

• How to Access an Blob Container Using Shared Access Signatures
• How to Get Azure Blob Container Size

Miscellaneous

• JavaScript Gotcha: Closures and Loops
• Surface Pro 3 Review
• Why you need to understand garbage collection

NAudio

• How to play a specific portion of an audio file with NAudio

May Update

Last month saw the release of my new Pluralsight course on MahApps.Metro. You can read a couple of articles I wrote to introduce it and help you get started with MahApps.Metro below, along with a couple of other articles I wrote last month:

• Modernise your WPF Applications with MahApps.Metro
• Track Any Event on your Web Pages with Google Analytics
• Creating Modern WPF Applications with MahApps.Metro
• We’re Hiring

April Update

I’ve already mentioned that I’m no longer blogging here at blogger, and if you’re subscribed you should head over to markheath.net to be kept up to date. Here’s what you’ve missed over the past few weeks. If you want to keep updated with a weekly newsletter of new posts, do sign up for my mailing list.

• Soundslice–Transcription in the Browser
• Skype Voice Changer–50 Customers
• NAudio and GitHub Update