In this tutorial we'll create a Javascript compiler from scratch. We'll learn about the basic building blocks of compilers and deeply understand every single line of code we write.

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The Super Tiny Compiler is a simple compiler written in Javascript and we'll write it step by step from scratch. In this tutorial, we'll be doing an instructed walkthrough of Jamie Kyle's "The Super Tinycompiler" We'll also be doing a walk-through of the "Super Tiny Compilers".

Create Your Own Compiler

<p>Loved it! thank you.
The step by step process was a great help for me, as a beginner.
I always wanted to know how compilers work and how one language was ‘created’ from another.</p>


<p>bruhhh why would i need to make my own compiler anyways?!</p>
