Advent of Code 2023

This is Chris Stewart's space for Advent of Code 2023. This code is offered without warranty or expectation of support. If you want to try to follow Advent of Code, then follow the instructions below to grab a copy of the template

Prerequisites

Make sure you have git and Docker desktop installed.

Installation

Clone/git pull the repo into any local directory

$ git clone https://github.com/iscChris/adventofcode23.git

Open the terminal in this directory and run:

$ docker-compose build

3. Run the IRIS container with your project:

$ docker-compose up -d

How to Test it

Open IRIS terminal:

$ docker-compose exec iris iris session iris
USER>write ##class(dc.sample.ObjectScript).Test()

How to start coding

This repository is ready to code in VSCode with ObjectScript plugin. Install VSCode, Docker and ObjectScript plugin and open the folder in VSCode. Open /src/cls/PackageSample/ObjectScript.cls class and try to make changes - it will be compiled in running IRIS docker container.

Feel free to delete PackageSample folder and place your ObjectScript classes in a form /src/Package/Classname.cls Read more about folder setup for InterSystems ObjectScript

The script in Installer.cls will import everything you place under /src into IRIS.

What's inside the repository

Dockerfile

The simplest Dockerfile which starts IRIS and imports code from /src folder into it. Use the related docker-compose.yml to easily setup additional parametes like port number and where you map keys and host folders.

.vscode/settings.json

Settings file to let you immediately code in VSCode with VSCode ObjectScript plugin)

.vscode/launch.json

Config file if you want to debug with VSCode ObjectScript

Read about all the files in this article