Advent of Code  Dec 1st - 25th
an Advent calendar of small programming puzzles for a variety of skill sets and skill levels that can be solved in any programming language you like (2023 problems)
A little programming knowledge and some problem solving skills will get you pretty far.
 SECOND Fall 2024 LASA UIL Practice Contest (until Dec 31)  leaderboard
lasacs.com/uilpractice (also in right side menu)
16 problems (get a LASA{CS} shirt* if you finish 6 problems)
*if you don't already have one

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The Advent of Code 2024 starts on Sunday December 1st.

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Win a LASA{CS} T-shirt (top 3 finishers and several winners from a drawing in which each correct problem gets you a ticket).

Please sign up for the appropriate leaderboard.

Fundamentals & AP CS leaderboard code  1028831-9541d4b6

post-AP CS leaderboard code  1057094-d412e885

For many problems you’ll have to be able to read data from a file

Several examples for how to read from a file (using Python and JAVA) can be found in the UIL Contests – Things to know  doc.

For Fundamental students, you can also look at the Python Files presentation.