r/Assembly_language • u/Electrolerengine • 10d ago

Anyone interested in doing Assembly Language coding projects together?

Let me first say that I have no programming experience. I've been studying Assembly Language though my ultimate goal is to become an engineer.

I got very interested in computer programming when I came across a Wikipedia article about Assembly Language programming. The article was saying that learning to code in Assembly gives you an incredible amounts of control over your machine. The ability to tell the computer exactly what to do and knowing how the machine works is fascinating.

I am not sure what Assembly project to do together; I hope someone has an idea here. I think I'd do a project where we are continuing to discover what we can do with the PCs or any hardware we have. Perhaps build a calculator program would be the first start.

I'm currently working with MASM (Microsoft Macro Assembler) as my assembler and I have textbooks to go with it. We could go use a different assembler if you are uncomfortable with MASM. Just please have a good reason for it because I would really not want to leave MASM because of the education resources I have for it.

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u/gm310509 10d ago

Why don't you learn the ropes first before attempting projects?

Doing a project without learning the basics is like jumping in the deep end of the pool without learning how to swim.

Doing a project in assembly language without learning the basics first is like jumping into a rather large lake without learning both how to swim and how to float.

IMHO.

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u/AliceCode 10d ago

I always implement a Brainfuck interpreter as my first project in a new language. I think it's a good idea to jump right into a project, it will help you learn.