In this project-centered course you will build a modern software hierarchy, designed to enable the translation and execution of object-based, high-level languages on a bare-bone computer hardware platform. In particular, you will implement a virtual machine and a compiler for a simple, Java-like programming language, and you will develop a basic operating system that closes gaps between the high-level language and the underlying hardware platform. In the process, you will gain a deep, hands-on understanding of numerous topics in applied computer science, e.g. stack processing, parsing, code generation, and classical algorithms and data structures for memory management, vector graphics, input-output handling, and various other topics that lie at the very core of every modern computer system.



Build a Modern Computer from First Principles: Nand to Tetris Part II (project-centered course)
Instructor: Shimon Schocken
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There are 9 modules in this course
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Reviewed on Jul 15, 2017
This is an excellent course giving good view of operating system, compiler and fitting the pieces together. Highly recommended
Reviewed on May 29, 2019
Best ever computer science course I've taken. Though it takes me 7 months to complete both parts, it really worth it!
Reviewed on Apr 7, 2022
Great course in every way. I can't imagine how much efforts Noam, Shimon and their team have taken. Everyone who's trying to understand computer in a more comprehensive way should take this course.
Recommended if you're interested in Computer Science
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