Nand2Tetris

There are two parts to the Nand2Tetris projects

• Part 1 consists of hardware projects from 1-6
• Part 2 consists of Operating System projects from 7-12.

Jack compiler

VM code is generated from source code in the Jack programming language. The translation is a two-stage process that begins with the compiler:

• The first stage involves converting jack high-level programs (.jack) to virtual machine code (.vm)
• The second step is translating virtual machine programs into hack assembly language (.asm).

In VM code, stacks are used to construct programs

.jack   == compilation ==>   .vm   == translation ==>   .asm 

Lastly, the hack platform is translated into binary code with the help of an assembler.

.asm   == assembly ==>   .hack

Book or Text

The Elements of Computing Systems: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles

Website

From https://www.nand2tetris.org/