Learn Memory Management in C

C Basics

Introduction to the basics of the C programming language

Structs

Understand how C structs work and how they're laid out in memory

Pointers

You thought pointers were hard? Wrong. Let's figure them out together.

Enums

Lean how to use enums (enumerations) in C to create a set of named constants.

Unions

Unions in C are not the same as they are in TypeScript. Let's grok C unions.

Stack and Heap

Understand the difference between allocating memory on the stack and the heap

Advanced Pointers

Let's practice some more advanced pointer concepts - like pointers to pointers

Stack Data Structure

Build a stack in C using structs and pointers and understand where the memory is allocated

Objects

Implement your own object system for later use in your garbage collection algorithms

Refcounting GC

Implement a simple reference counting garbage collector from scratch in C

Mark and Sweep GC

Implement a basic mark and sweep garbage collector and understand its tradeoffs with refcounting