Hello,
Do you know any courses where someone teaches creating anything from scratch, like database, search engine, compilers, programming languages, etc.
From few months I am getting interested in these kind of things, as will help me understanding the systems in depth.
I will even consider a paid a course/resource.
I have checked Codecrafters, but it is quite expensive in my country.
I have also looked into some free resources.
Also please share if you have tried these kind of tutorials before, are they good?
Thanks in advance.
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It's a compilation of tutorials to build just about anything from scratch
I hardly have ever come across (as I can recall at least) any source on creating a database engine from scratch. I think it's even harder than creating a custom compiler either for an existing language or for a new one (DSL?).
But is it just curiosity or are you trying to scratch an itch? I do understand the curiosity, but let me hint you: only invest in knowledge that you're quite certain it might benefit you somewhere between now and ten years ahead. Studying rocket science will not benefit you if you won't build a rocket or plan to become an astronaut. If you understand what I am saying.
Maybe not really up your ally, but this book is quite informative on the lower level of computing: "Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective, 3 Edition" - David R. O'Hallaron & Randal E. Bryant
If you really must understand databases as a system and the theory behind them, this is a good start: "An Introduction to Database Systems" - C.J. Date
Mr. Date is regarded as the godfather of all things databases. Very dry book, but this is where a lot of RDMS's are based on.
If you ever find a good and reliable source on search engines I'd like to be informed. Since all I can find is mere "Queries against a database to look up what I'm looking for" kind of level. Not how Google has set the mark on real engines for searching and how searching in general is a completely different field on its own. Because that would be interesting.
Thanks Aschwin for your recommendations.
Yeah I know this may not something I am gonna use in real life (maybe I do). But I am just want to learn out of curiosity, not want to go too deep into that. That is why I am looking for some courses like Udemy.
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For building a computer from scratch there's a famous From Nand to Tetris 😏
For building programming languages/interpreters from scratch there's a ton of resources:
Compilers:
Also there are lots of tutorials on building Virtual Machines for programming languages, many of them are about Wasm nowadays.
Great resources, thanks!
This is not a course or tutorial per se, but if you want to really dive into Docker and containerization, Ivan's blog is AMAZING iximiuz.com/en/.
It really goes into details and shows you step by step how to eg. reproduce the Docker magic on a Linux using just built-in commands. I was using those technologies for so long and never took a step back; learning how it works under the hood was really inspiring and cool.
Thanks for sharing.
Look at edEx. They have a lot of courses which are free and you only pay if you want a certificate at the end.
for Django please visit geeky show in youtube ,i found it Quite well
Hi, I strongly recommend a site called Udemy. The courses have a friendly price and you can see some videos about the course that you wanna buy it.
Thanks Gabriel, Yes I exactly want some courses like that. However, I looked through Udemy but unfortunately didn't find any courses like that.
Yay! I get to talk about my absolute favourite GitHub repo
Build your own x
It's a compilation of tutorials to build just about anything from scratch
I recommend to check codewithmosh is great tetcher have many courses he have channel in yootube 1h tutorial video in every cours if liked u can buy full cours