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+{
+    "configurations": [
+        {
+            "name": "Linux",
+            "includePath": [
+                "${workspaceFolder}/**"
+            ],
+            "defines": [],
+            "compilerPath": "/usr/bin/clang",
+            "cStandard": "c11",
+            "cppStandard": "c++17",
+            "intelliSenseMode": "clang-x64",
+            "compileCommands": "${workspaceFolder}/exercise1/build/compile_commands.json"
+        }
+    ],
+    "version": 4
+}
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+{
+    "files.associations": {
+        "cctype": "cpp",
+        "clocale": "cpp",
+        "cstdarg": "cpp",
+        "cstdio": "cpp",
+        "cstdlib": "cpp",
+        "cwchar": "cpp",
+        "cwctype": "cpp",
+        "array": "cpp",
+        "*.tcc": "cpp",
+        "cmath": "cpp",
+        "cstdint": "cpp",
+        "unordered_map": "cpp",
+        "vector": "cpp",
+        "exception": "cpp",
+        "fstream": "cpp",
+        "functional": "cpp",
+        "initializer_list": "cpp",
+        "iosfwd": "cpp",
+        "iostream": "cpp",
+        "istream": "cpp",
+        "limits": "cpp",
+        "memory": "cpp",
+        "new": "cpp",
+        "optional": "cpp",
+        "ostream": "cpp",
+        "sstream": "cpp",
+        "stdexcept": "cpp",
+        "streambuf": "cpp",
+        "string_view": "cpp",
+        "system_error": "cpp",
+        "type_traits": "cpp",
+        "tuple": "cpp",
+        "typeinfo": "cpp",
+        "utility": "cpp",
+        "__config": "cpp",
+        "__nullptr": "cpp"
+    }
+}
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+{
+  "version": "2.0.0",
+  "tasks": [
+    {
+      "label": "Build Exercise 1",
+      "type": "shell",
+      "command": "cd exercise1 && meson . build/ && cd build && ninja",
+      "problemMatcher": [],
+      "presentation": {
+        "echo": true,
+        "reveal": "always",
+        "focus": false,
+        "panel": "shared",
+        "showReuseMessage": true,
+        "clear": true
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "label": "Run Exercise 1",
+      "type": "shell",
+      "command": "exercise1/build/./ecg_tree",
+      "dependsOn": "Build Exercise 1",
+      "problemMatcher": []
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "shell",
+      "label": "g++ build active file",
+      "command": "/usr/bin/g++",
+      "args": [
+        "-g",
+        "${file}",
+        "-o",
+        "${fileDirname}/${fileBasenameNoExtension}"
+      ],
+      "options": {
+        "cwd": "/usr/bin"
+      }
+    }
+  ]
+}
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diff --git a/exercise1/main.cpp b/exercise1/main.cpp
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+#include <iostream>
+
+#include "node.h"
+
+int main() {
+	/*
+	Node* root = new Node("root");
+	Node* left_child = new Node("left child");
+	Node* right_child = new Node("right child");
+
+	root->add_child(left_child);
+	root->add_child(right_child);
+
+	delete root;
+	*/
+
+	Node* auto_root = Node::create_complete_tree(2, 4);
+
+	std::cout << auto_root << std::endl;
+
+	delete auto_root;
+
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/exercise1/meson.build b/exercise1/meson.build
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+project('ecg_tree', 'cpp')
+
+files = [
+	'main.cpp',
+	'node.cpp'
+]
+
+executable('ecg_tree', files)
diff --git a/exercise1/node.cpp b/exercise1/node.cpp
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+#include "node.h"
+
+uint32_t Node::node_id = 0;
+
+Node::Node(const std::string& name)
+{
+    node_id++;
+
+    if (name.empty())
+    {
+        std::stringstream str_sm;
+        str_sm << node_id;
+        std::string node_id_str = str_sm.str();
+
+        this->name = "node" + node_id_str;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        this->name = name;
+    }
+}
+
+Node::~Node()
+{
+    std::cout << "enter ~node() of \"" << name << "\"" << std::endl;
+
+    for (Node* child : children)
+    {
+        delete child;
+    }
+
+    std::cout << "leave ~node() of \"" << name << "\"" << std::endl;
+}
+
+std::string Node::get_name() const
+{
+    return name;
+}
+
+void Node::set_name(const std::string& new_name)
+{
+    name = new_name;
+}
+
+int Node::get_nr_children() const
+{
+    return children.size();
+}
+
+Node* Node::get_child(int i) const
+{
+    if (i < 0 || i >= static_cast<int>(children.size()))
+    {
+        return nullptr;
+    }
+
+    return children[i];
+}
+
+void Node::add_child(Node* child)
+{
+    children.emplace_back(child);
+}
+
+void Node::print(std::ostream& str, uint32_t depth) const
+{
+    auto predicate = [&str](const Node* node, uint32_t depth)
+    {
+        for (uint32_t i = 0; i < depth; i++)
+        {
+            str << "\t";
+        }
+
+        str << node->get_name() + "\n";
+    };
+
+    Node::traverse_tree(this, predicate);
+}
+
+Node* Node::create_complete_tree(uint32_t nr_child_nodes, uint32_t tree_depth)
+{
+    if (tree_depth == 0)
+    {
+        return nullptr;
+    }
+
+    Node* node = new Node;
+
+    for (uint32_t j = 0; j < nr_child_nodes; j++)
+    {
+        Node* child = Node::create_complete_tree(nr_child_nodes, tree_depth - 1);
+
+        if (child == nullptr)
+        {
+            break;
+        }
+
+        node->children.emplace_back(child);
+    }
+
+    return node;
+}
+
+void Node::traverse_tree(const Node* node, std::function<void(const Node*, uint32_t)> predicate, uint32_t depth)
+{
+    predicate(node, depth);
+
+    for (Node* child : node->children)
+    {
+        Node::traverse_tree(child, predicate, depth + 1);
+    }
+}
+
+std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream &os, const Node *node)
+{
+    node->print(os);
+
+    return os;
+}
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+#ifndef NODE_H
+#define NODE_H
+
+#include <vector>
+#include <string>
+#include <sstream>
+#include <functional>
+#include <iostream>
+
+class Node {
+
+public:
+    Node(const std::string& name = "");
+    virtual ~Node();
+
+    std::string get_name() const;
+    void set_name(const std::string& new_name);
+
+    int get_nr_children() const;
+    Node* get_child(int i) const;
+    void add_child(Node* child);
+
+    void print(std::ostream& str = std::cout, uint32_t depth = 0) const;
+    static Node* create_complete_tree(uint32_t nr_child_nodes, uint32_t tree_depth);
+    static void traverse_tree(const Node* node, std::function<void(const Node*, uint32_t)> predicate, uint32_t depth = 0);
+
+private:
+    std::string name;
+    std::vector<Node*> children;
+
+    static uint32_t node_id;
+};
+
+extern std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream &os, const Node *node);
+
+#endif // NODE_H
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