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Zig by Example
Key Points
A hands-on introduction to Zig via annotated examples. Zig is a general-purpose, compiled systems language focused on robustness, optimality, and simplicity — no hidden control flow, no hidden allocations, no preprocessor. Written by Dariush Abbasi for Boring College - Hello, World - Values - Variables - Integers - Floats - Strings - Arrays - Slices - Vectors - Structs - Enums - Unions - Functions - Blocks and Statements - If / Else - Switch - While Loops - For Loops - Defer - Errors -...
A hands-on introduction to Zig via annotated examples. Zig is a general-purpose, compiled systems language focused on robustness, optimality, and simplicity — no hidden control flow, no hidden allocations, no preprocessor.
Written by Dariush Abbasi for Boring College
- Hello, World
- Values
- Variables
- Integers
- Floats
- Strings
- Arrays
- Slices
- Vectors
- Structs
- Enums
- Unions
- Functions
- Blocks and Statements
- If / Else
- Switch
- While Loops
- For Loops
- Defer
- Errors
- Optionals
- Pointers
- Multi-Pointers
- Slices (Pointers)
- Comptime
- Generics
- Memory Allocation
- ArrayList
- HashMap
- Linked List
- Testing
- Formatting and Print
- File I/O
- Processes
- JSON
- Random Numbers
- Sorting
- Math
- Build System
- C Interop
Zig by Example is inspired by Go by Example by Mark McGranaghan. Examples target Zig 0.14.
Contributions welcome — see CONTRIBUTING.md.