Guide to Assembly Language: A Concise Introduction Hardcover – January 1, 2011

Ordered this book as a supplementary tool for the course I'm taking (Computer Architecture, programming in MIPS). It's better than lecture + my other textbook combined. Easy to read, provides a huge amount of explanation and information in manageable chunks w/o being boring. Would recommend to everyone learning Assembly (or MIPS specifically, though it's not exactly the same)

Great book! Explains concepts clearly and in an organized fashion. Great for people who have a basic familiarity with programming concepts but are newbies when it comes to organization and architecture.

I was a little skeptical when I have noticed that this book was about the assembly language on a Windows machine through MASM but I’ve kept reading and I’m simply enthusiast about this book. It’s not just because the concepts are both well explained, but also because they all come with many good examples, whose key lines are illustrated step by step. I have never felt neither lost nor bored.As I just said, this book refers to the 32 bit Intel on Microsoft Windows, using MASM. MASM provides developers with ad hoc directives that make their life easier. But they do instead get in the way if you need to learn the language, since they do part of the work for you, keeping instructions hidden. The author does a great job here: he does show the code both with and without MASM directives, which makes the book a perfect title for anyone interested in learning assembly, not just MASM users.He does actually more: he pairs C code (on the left) to Assembly code (on the right), which adds incredible value.The book is divided into ten chapters plus five appendixes. It covers all the basic key concepts to get started writing and understanding assembly code. The flow moves smoothly, without abrupt changes. The reader never gets lots.Each chapter has many examples plus a final more complex complete program that summarizes the concepts just presented. A summary is also present, so that the reader can quickly recap what he just read. While not art masterpieces, there are many schemas that help following the instructions flow. And if you are up for the challenge, you find plenty of exercises to test your knowledge.I have absolutely enjoyed reading every single line of this book. I definitely suggest it to anyone interested to learn Assembly. C developers would also benefit from it, since they would see their code from a different, lower level perspective.As usual, you can find more reviews on my personal blog: books.lostinmalloc.com Feel free to pass by and share your thoughts!