Learn Memory Management in C
Get close to the metal: pointers, the stack, the heap, and a tiny garbage collector you build yourself.
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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.
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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.
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I had so much fun doing the course! It was challenging and I learned a LOT!
Jaroslaw
Poland
Great course. Lot´s of exercises regarding memory.
Manuel Feurstein
Austria
I was slightly scared about GC algorithms but the course made learning about it an enjoyable experience.
Radu Ometita
Cluj Napoca
This one is a toughie, but I now understand applications and programming at a much deeper level!
Carl Resmondo II
United States
Great course! By completing that, you'll get good understanding of C basics, and some advanced staff, what people mostly scared of =)
Dmytro Masliuk
Calgary, Canada
If you ever felt the need to have a deeper understanding about what is behind Python, this course brings a lot of elements to help. A bit hard, but interesting !
Maxime Pellet
France
great course!
Dominic Nerz
Germany
I've already written and studied a good amount of C code in University but this course made me understand pointers so well that I felt extremely confident using them towards the end.
Leon Connor Holm
Hamburg, Germany
Brutal yet rewarding
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