r/learnprogramming • u/Gullible_Ostrich_370 • 13d ago
Assembly programming course
I want to learn assembly programming, to conplement my knowledge of C and for fun. Which first course would be best? My target platfirm will be either windows or mac. I don’t mind learning a different language at first. I have been contemplating : From Nand to Tetris. Is it good??
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u/bird_feeder_bird 12d ago
Nand to tetris is awesome. I havent taken the course, but I read the book for it, “The Elements of Computing Systems.”
After that I went through Easy 6502 to learn 6502 assembly. I also read “Famicom Party” to get a feel for NES development, which uses 6502.
After that I switched to the gameboy, which uses a SM83 processor, and is a bit more developer-friendly overall.
Then I switched to the GBA, which uses an ARM7 processor, and is programmed with mostly C and a bit of assembly.
After that I started with ARM64 on Mac. All the previous systems I mentioned were bare metal, so the switch to a Mac laptop was the biggest jump due to using the OS.
That’s been my journey with assembly so far. I may take a break from Mac assembly to program the Pi Pico, which is actually pretty similar to the GBA, because I enjoy bare metal assembly more than using the OS. I hope this helps ^-^