Learn Memory Management in C
Learn how to manually manage memory in C and build a garbage collector from scratch.
Author
TJ DeVries
TJ DeVries (aka "teej") has never worked at Netflix, but if you've heard of Neovim, well, he's a maintainer! It's really not a big deal. He's also a top telescope.nvim contributor and knows how to read, which is impressive. He used to work at Sourcegraph before becoming a full time coding educator and content creator.
Lane
Maintainer
Allan
Maintainer
Hunter
Maintainer
Dan
Maintainer
24 Hours
of content
102 Addicting
lessons
Earn a certificate
of completion
Learn online
at your pace
What will you learn?
Memory management is something that every programmer needs to deal with and understand at some point. If you're used to working with languages and tools that handle it for you, this course will teach you how all that works under the hood. You'll even build your own garbage collectors from scratch. This course will teach you the C basics you need for the course, but it's not a course about C, it's about memory.
Chapter List
Join 29,636 students in the Learn Memory Management in C course
Read reviews of their learning experiences
My brain definitely grew after I finished the course, I can feel my brain restarting the neurons that social media turned off
Francisco Agustín De La Colina Nieva
Cordoba, Argentina
It was interesting to understand how memory is allocated, used, and freed. Python does all this for us automagically.
Silverberry Awtter
Charlotte, United States
There are a variety of nice points and tips regarding memory management. There is also a great variety of structs and references to objects in this course. Helpful to gain a deeper understanding of how to navigate and reference through nested C structures.
Curtis Allen Jester
Athens, GA
This course is great for getting a deep understanding of how memory management works, and the basics of C. Since this isn't a C course, the nuances of how this language works, and how to use C in a real project aren't necessarily taught. It nonetheless does what it says on the tin, and does it very well.
OK-Kokei
Ireland
I had a little experience with C before this and this was still a difficult course, but well worth it.
Sannoso
United States
I never thought i'd ever implement a garbage collector. Fantastic course for exploring the internals of what goes on in garbage collected languages. Definitely a must.
Ziro
Nairobi, Kenya
I took a C++ coursed many years ago so it was nice to come back to that style of language after learning some Python stuff. It provided a great comparison and deepened my overall understanding.
Tony Travis
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
amazing course i really enjoyed it. I didnt think C was this hard but I think I started getting it a lot more after this course.
Georgios Bakalski
Athens, Greece
this is an awesome course, I had learned C and memory management before but this was a good refresher and went deeper.
Arun Paudel
Canada
Showing 1-9 of 422
Mediocrity doesn't cut it anymore
The only way to become a great developer is to write a lot of code
Avoid tutorial hell
by writing a ton of code
Stay motivated with
a game-like curriculum
Build portfolio projects
to prove your skills
Delve deeper
into foundational concepts
Learn flexibly online
without interrupting your life
For 1% the price of college
to minimize your financial risk
Frequently asked Questions
Got questions? We've got answers
Yes! It's free to create an account and start learning. You'll get all the immersive and interactive features for free for a few chapters. After that, if you still haven't paid for a membership, you'll be in read-only (content only) mode.
Platform
Languages
Subjects
Support
Pricing
Community
