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Have you ever dreamed of creating your own compiler that can actually create a working program ? Then these tutorials are for you. These part by part tutorial series will teach you all you need to create a compiler and in the end you will have two working compilers (though very simple ones).

Preface
I started learning programming because I was curious how all the programs work. I learnt to write programs in multiple languages and compile them. Then I started feeling curious on how compiler works. If there's someone who feels the same way and wants to start learning to create a compiler in a very easy and simple manner then these tutorials are presented for him/her.

I do not say I am really a professional compiler developer. In fact, my knowledge in this field is very informal and little. But I can hardly find on the Net a good simple tutorial for beginners and it took me months to understand even the simplest of things. So here I am writing these tutorials for the complete beginners who want to start creating a compiler right away. Of course, after (and while) reading the tutorials, the readers can freely wander into other useful and more formal sources in books and Net to improve their experience and knowledge.

Introduction
Let me tell you what we are actually going to learn. These tutorials will teach you basics of language processing (which means translation of language), assembly language programming and putting all things together to create a working compiler. Readers are expected to have some good knowledge in programming in C++. Source code will be provided, of course.

By the end two compilers will be ready. The first one will be intended to give you a rough idea of compiler development before you start creating a good compiler. The second one will be more managed and advanced.

The tutorials will be provided in the form of slides.

Part 1:
 Compiler Development Tutorial for Beginners - Part 1.zip 47.16K 0 downloads
This tutorial presents the most basic things you need to know about a compiler before you actually start creating one. It is just meant to make sure that the readers have clear understanding about these fundamentals before going further. You may already know most of these things (and perhaps more than what is presented here).
Some of the things discussed are: High level and low level programming languages, compiler, interpreter...

0x Series:
In these tutorials, we will create a simple but working compiler for a programming language called zero-x or 0x. The language will have very simple features and so will be easier to implement. There are altogether 6 tutorials in this series (0xa to 0xf).

Part 2(0xa):
 Compiler Development Tutorial for Beginners – Part 2.zip 52.86K 0 downloads
This tutorial presents some fundamentals regarding compiler construction and will also introduce you the features of our 0x programming language.
Some of the things discussed are: 0x language features, Phases of Compiler Construction (Lexical analysis, Syntax Analysis, Semantic Analysis, Code Generation)...

Part 3(0xb):
 Compiler Development Tutorial for Beginners – Part 3.zip 70.74K 0 downloads

This tutorial presents the code and presentation explaining how to implement your own scanner without aid of any external tool.
Some of the things discussed are: Scanner, Introduction to Parser, Scanning process and its code implementation...

Part 4(0xc):
 Compiler Development Tutorial for Beginners – Part 4.zip 86.98K 0 downloads
This tutorial presents the tutorial (along with code) on how to implement own parser. Note: the previous code in 0xb tutorial is also used here; all the new code that has been added are kept in between NEW CODE comments as:
///////////// NEW CODE ////////////////
new code goes here
///////////// NEW CODE ////////////////
Some of the things discussed are: Parser, Syntax, Semantic, Parse Tree, EBNF...

Other tutorials will be available as soon as possible.

Any kinds of comments are appreciated.

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•  Compiler Development Tutorial for Beginners – Part 3.zip   70.74K   0 downloads
•  Compiler Development Tutorial for Beginners - Part 1.zip   47.16K   0 downloads
•  Compiler Development Tutorial for Beginners – Part 4.zip   86.98K   0 downloads
•  Compiler Development Tutorial for Beginners – Part 2.zip   52.86K   0 downloads