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Where could one start learning assembly language from? Could you suggest some place that can get me kick-started with it?

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    Which assembly language do you want to learn? – Artelius Dec 19 '09 at 09:33
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    It depends a lot on your target application (platform), is it for a microcontroller (8086, PIC), PC (Windows, Linux), something else? Updating your answer with some details might help. – vgru Dec 19 '09 at 09:53
  • you have a long way to go before you can make an OS, and you don't have to write it in Assembly. The most popular, and worst most bloated assembly language is x86. Maybe try powerPC or Sparc first though. You can find tutorials somewhere for those. – adhanlon Apr 25 '10 at 21:24
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    The fact that you want to build an OS from that level is heart warming! – Nischal Hp Jul 10 '14 at 09:56

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I tried Programming from the Ground Up some months ago and it helped me a lot getting started on x86 assembly. Also, it's free :)

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Back in college I used to use the awesome 8086 Microprocessor Emulator for Assembly programming on Windows. There are beginner tutorials available on its website.

No matter what resource you use, it's important to be patient while learning Assembly. You might understand nothing while reading the first hundred pages, keep on & eventually you'll understand 'em all.

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If you're on Windows and have an x86 processor:

  1. Get Assembly Language for Intel-Based Computers, one of the best books on the subject. Alternatively, you may try Randall Hyde's free, online Art of Assembly Language book as well.
  2. Download Masm32 assembler, which you will use to compile your assembly code into executables.
  3. And, if you like IDEs, get Winasm as well. It'll simplify code editing a great deal.
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For Win32 Assembly Programming, this is a good start:

Iczelion Tutorials

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The best way to learn assembler IMHO is to disassemble compiled code, and at first use it in inline assembler, which allows you to write stuff around it in a HLL. It is a nice intermediate step before going full asm.

I learned it that way in Turbo Pascal, but Delphi and e.g. the Free FreePascal still support this today. (easier than e.g. gcc inline asm)

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I began learning assembly from MIPS (a RISC microprocessor). An emulator called SPIM could be downloaded and installed freely from the author's website. http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~larus/spim.html

SPIM provides an easy to use interface with a console to return the results. Users could also inspect registers from the emulator.

The author of SPIM recommends many useful resources, available on the website (scroll down to 'Resources').

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Here are some resources:

https://courses.engr.illinois.edu/ece390/books/artofasm/artofasm.html

http://chortle.ccsu.edu/AssemblyTutorial/index.html

Have a good journey!

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For Beginners, One should know that Assembly Language are different for different CPU family.

Although they all look alike but they are different.

Assembly language for x64 based processor will not run on IBM Mainframe computers.

An Assembler translates a program from an Assembly Language to Machine Language.

An Disassembler performs the reverse function.

For more introduction : What is Assembly Language in Computer Programming | Freshers Talent

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Assembly Language Step by Step by Jeff Duntemann. Good introductory text which will also talk about the basics of setting up a debugger and text editor (kate) to work with assembly.

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Checkout the vtc videos.http://www.vtc.com/products/Assembly-Language-Programming-Tutorials.htm

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