Stack vs Heap Memory - Simple Explanation

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I take a look at Stack and Heap Memory and how it affects your application. Knowing how memory is handled in your application can help you understand your variables' scopes. 📝 Video Transcript: https://www.alexhyett.com/stack-vs-heap-memory/ 📨 Free Newsletter: https://www.alexhyett.com/newsletter/ — Join my free weekly newsletter for advice, technology and more. ❤️ Support my channel: https://www.alexhyett.com/supporters/ — Say thanks by buying me a coffee or becoming a loyal supporter. 🎓 Courses: https://www.alexhyett.com/courses/ — Like the way I teach? You might like my courses too! 👨‍💻 All Code: https://git.alexhyett.com/alexhyettdev/youtube-code — Links to all the code for my YouTube videos can be found here. ⏳ CHAPTERS 00:00 Introduction 00:18 Three main parts 00:28 Stack data structure 00:51 Call stack 01:19 Heap differences 01:50 Variable storage rules 01:58 Value types and reference types 02:23 Local variables 02:40 Reference types on heap 02:57 Value types on heap 03:20 Garbage collector 03:53 Exceptions to the rule 04:40 Asynchronous methods 🔗 SOCIAL LINKS 🐘 Mastodon — https://social.alexhyett.com/@alex 💼 LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexhyett/ ☁️ Bluesky — https://bsky.app/profile/alexhyett.com 🧑‍💻 WHO AM I I’m Alex, a Software Developer and YouTube working in the UK. I make videos about software development to help developers with the skills they need to be senior developers. As well as this YouTube Channel, I also write articles on my website (https://alexhyett.com) as well as write a regular newsletter that contains some thoughts to help aspiring developers. #coding #programming #developer