Learn

This section lists resources useful to go from knowing nothing about Zig up to understanding its philosophy.

Documentation

Unstable (master)

• Language Reference
• Standard Library Documentation (experimental)

Latest Stable (0.9.1)

• Language Reference
• Standard Library Documentation (experimental)

Introduction

These are all introductions to Zig aimed at programmers with different backgrounds.

• In-depth Overview
  Here’s an in-depth feature overview of Zig from a systems-programming perspective.
• Why Zig When There is Already C++, D, and Rust?
  An introduction to Zig for C++, D, and Rust programmers.
• Code Examples
  A list of snippets to get a feeling for how Zig code looks.
• Tools
  A list of useful tools that can help you write Zig code.

Getting started

If you’re ready to start programming in Zig, this guide will help you setup your environment.

• Getting started

Online learning resources

• Zig Learn
  A structured introduction to Zig by Sobeston.
• Ziglings
  Learn Zig by fixing tiny broken programs.

Relevant videos and blog posts

• Road to Zig 1.0 [video]
  Video by Andrew Kelley introducing Zig and its philosophy.
• Zig’s New Relationship with LLVM
  A blog post about the work towards building the Zig self-hosted compiler, also featured in an article by lwn.net.