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Build a Compiler

Build a Compiler

Every lesson in order, step by step. No difficulty tiers. Just follow the arrows.

15 lessons, about 16 min of reading

1

What a compiler is for →

Step 1 · Basic

2

Tokens as a language with a shape →

Step 2 · Basic

3

A grammar as rules that decide shape →

Step 3 · Basic

4

A tree as the meaning →

Step 4 · Basic

5

Evaluating the tree →

Step 5 · Basic

6

Errors that name a place →

Step 6 · Basic

7

Testing a compiler →

Step 7 · Basic

8

Types as a claim about values →

Step 8 · Advanced

9

A checker that refuses before running →

Step 9 · Advanced

10

Constant folding as a rewrite →

Step 10 · Advanced

11

Passes as a pipeline →

Step 11 · Advanced

12

Names and scopes →

Step 12 · Advanced

13

Generating code instead of answering →

Step 13 · Master

14

Debugging a compiler that is wrong →

Step 14 · Master

15

Shipping a compiler that is bounded →

Step 15 · Master