What it does
Advent of Code presents programming puzzles that can be solved in a language of the participant's choice.
Start with an archived puzzle and test your solution against its examples. The official guidance recommends creating small cases whose answers you can verify by hand when a solution fails. That turns a wrong answer into a debugging exercise. The puzzle format assumes some programming knowledge, while leaving the language choice to you.
Sources
- About - Advent of Code 2025 (Oct 26, 2026)