Reddit reviews Assembly Language for X86 Processors

I'm trying to learn how to reverse engineer software. I picked up Assembly Language for x86 Processors, so assembly is certainly one thing I'm trying to learn. I'm also trying to get comfortable with multiple debuggers, like OllyDBG and GDB.

http://www.amazon.com/Assembly-Language-x86-Processors-Edition/dp/013602212X

This is the book we used in our assembly class, and I had mixed feelings about it because the further I got into it, the more it used macros and the like to bring Assembly to a higher level language.

This is just preference though because I liked the fact that assembly at first was difficult.

Anyway, the first few chapters are all about CPU architecture and how it all works.

In my own experience, learning how the CPU worked before learning assembly was essential. Sure you can dive right in and start coding with tutorials, but for it to really make sense and fast, knowing exactly what you're doing in the processor with the code is great.

Just to give you some motivation, learning assembly changed my perception of programming in higher level languages, and things just click a lot easier now.

> I keep practicing but none of it is sticking with me.

What are you expecting from other people then?... to stick stuff to you?

Stuff you surely have found already:

Link 1 (PDF cheat-sheet)

Link 2 (Wikipedia)

Link 3 (PDF)

Link 4 (some sort of mess, Ctrl+F that stuff, lol)

Link 5 (more Ctrl+F)

Link 6 (PDF, didn't wanna wait for download, could be useful?)

Grab a Book

I own both this book and the previous edition.

Hmm... my path to learning assembly was kind of non-traditional. Regardless, I'll throw a reference out to Kip Irving's "shell" book. I've got a really old edition floating around somewhere.