Resources

C tutorials and references

• Declaring Variables in C
• C Variable Types
• Printf Formatting
• C for Java Programmers (contains links to C tutorials and C reference books)
• C for Java Programmers slides (broken link on the previous page)
• A Tutorial on Pointers and Arrays in C by Ted Jensen
• Top tips to help the Java programmer code in C

IA-32 (x86) assembly language

• PC Assembly Language, by Paul A. Carter, July 2006. Note: this guide uses Intel style assembly syntax in its descriptions. We are using AT&T style syntax for our assembly code. See page 166 in CS:APP2e for the difference.
• Harvard-local copy of PC Assembly Language
• Brennan’s Guide to Inline Assembly (linking assembly code into a C program)
• Other references, including the current Intel manuals

Textbook

• Student resources (includes Unix FAQ, C tutorials, example code, GDB tutorials, and more.)

GDB debugger

• GDB Quick Start Guide
• Guide to Faster, Less Frustrating Debugging by Norman Matloff
• CS61 debugging tips and tricks
• GDB User Manual
• GDB usage primer video
• Useful GDB Commands
• Another GDB cheat sheet
• Insight a GDB Graphical User Interface

Working in the Shell

• 1 -
• 2 - Navigation and Directories
• 3 - Working with Files
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Git

• CS61 Git notes, with links to more resources
• CS61 Diff notes
• Git Introduction Video (download and then watch)

Miscellaneous

• Machine programming
  • The Story of Mel
  • Programming from the Ground Up. Introduction to programming via assembly.
• Linking and loading
  • Smallest possible ELF executable?
• Dynamic memory management
  • A Memory Allocator by Doug Lea
• Memory hierarchy and memory technology
  • Breadboarding RAM
  • Hard drive teardown
  • Petabytes on a budget: How to build cheap cloud storage
• Optimization
  • About GCC printf optimization by Peter Seiderer
  • Will It Optimize? from ridiculousfish
• Concurrency and synchronization
  • The Little Book of Semaphores by Allen B. Downey