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I’m currently going through the content and feeling a bit lost actually completing the practicals in module 3-4 - less around the hack syntax and more around what I’m trying to achieve and why. I’m considering skipping forward to assembly coding then circling back. Failing that, any other tips?

Edit: for context, I can program C#, Node/React, python and Java, and have read a lot of high level code but minimal exposure to systems coding.

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You might like nandgame.com. It's the same ideas but in a visual drag-and-drop format, which can make it a little easier to get your head around some of the ideas. I found it helpful to work through all the exercises there and then go back to the Nand2Tetris course.

Perhaps try John Waldron's "Introduction to RISC Assembly Language Programming". I learnt from that many years ago during undergrad days.

The simulator works on Windows/Linux/macOS. A bit simpler than X86 assembly.

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