Bitwise Operators and WHY we use them

Bitwise operators are one of the least understood parts of programming when you are first starting out. In this video, I cover what they are and why we use them! 📝 Video Transcript: https://www.alexhyett.com/bitwise-operators/ 👨‍💻 Code: https://code.alexhyett.com/alexhyett/bitwise-operators-example 📨 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://code.alexhyett.com/alexhyett/youtube-code — Links to all the code for my YouTube videos can be found here. ⏳ CHAPTERS 00:00 Introduction 00:43 Why do we use Bitwise Operators? 01:55 Unix file permissions 02:54 6 Bitwise Operators 03:01 AND Operator 04:08 OR Operator 05:17 XOR Operator 06:01 NOT Operator 06:30 Negative Numbers 07:24 Left Shift and Right Shift 🔗 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