How You Can Build a Computer From a Single Gate
Nand2Tetris, created by Noam Nisan and Shimon Schocken, is a free online course that guides learners through building a fully functional computer starting from a single NAND gate. The course is available at nand2tetris.org and requires no pre-existing knowledge of computers or programming, though prior experience helps. The first project focuses on boolean logic, where participants build 15 different chips from the NAND gate. The course provides documents, videos, stub files, comparison files, and test files for each gate, explaining the theory of boolean logic, its connection to electrical circuits, and an introduction to hardware description languages and simulation. This approach demystifies the internals of a computer, making it accessible to software engineers who often lack understanding of low-level hardware. The course is widely regarded as one of the best for grasping how computers work from the ground up.
Demystifies computer internals for software engineers, bridging the gap between code and hardware.