pro $24.99 per month
- access to all Manning books, MEAPs, liveVideos, liveProjects, and audiobooks!
- choose one free eBook per month to keep
- exclusive 50% discount on all purchases
- renews monthly, pause or cancel renewal anytime
lite $19.99 per month
- access to all Manning books, including MEAPs!
team
5, 10 or 20 seats+ for your team - learn more
Look inside
Zig delivers performance, reliability, and complex integration in systems programming in a simple, modern package.
Zig hits the sweet spot for systems programming. This new programming language is high-performance, low-level, ultra-reliable, and perfectly suited for serious projects like writing libraries, daemons and shell utilities, and even operating systems and embedded code. Systems Programming with Zig shows you how to write quality, useful Zig applications without relying on libraries or frameworks-even if you’re new systems programming.
In Systems Programming with Zig you’ll learn how to:
Unlike UI-centric applications that form the public face of your software, systems programs like OS kernels, device drivers, and utilities interact directly with the hardware or operating system. In these low-level programs, performance and safety are paramount. Zig is a new programming language that builds on the legacy of C, C++, and even Rust to provide a high-productivity systems programming environment that does not rely on awkward libraries and frameworks.
Zig hits the sweet spot for systems programming. This new programming language is high-performance, low-level, ultra-reliable, and perfectly suited for serious projects like writing libraries, daemons and shell utilities, and even operating systems and embedded code. Systems Programming with Zig shows you how to write quality, useful Zig applications without relying on libraries or frameworks-even if you’re new systems programming.
In Systems Programming with Zig you’ll learn how to:
- Understand the Zig perspective on systems programming
- Write idiomatic Zig code
- Integrate Zig with C, systems libraries, and scripting languages
- Networking, interpreters, and graphics from the ground up
Unlike UI-centric applications that form the public face of your software, systems programs like OS kernels, device drivers, and utilities interact directly with the hardware or operating system. In these low-level programs, performance and safety are paramount. Zig is a new programming language that builds on the legacy of C, C++, and even Rust to provide a high-productivity systems programming environment that does not rely on awkward libraries and frameworks.
about the book
Systems Programming with Zig teaches you to write working, real-world code in Zig. It builds on your existing coding skills to introduce systems programming using the Zig language. You’ll explore everything from a low-level word ladder game, to a CHIP-8 interpreter, to a graphics engine with OpenGL. Each project is built from the ground up, no libraries or imported frameworks! Chapter-by-chapter, you’ll learn how to deliver command-line utilities, networking with TCP and HTTP, interpreters, and graphics programming all through Zig’s unique lens.Your expert guide to Zig is Garrison Hinson-Hasty, contributor to the Zig project and its wider ecosystem. Through fun anecdotes and silly scenarios, Garrison turns systems programming from “tedious” to “terrific.”
about the reader
Experience in low-level languages like C, C++, and Rust is helpful, but not essential.about the author
Garrison Hinson-Hasty is a cybersecurity and AI researcher with the University of Chicago SUPERgroup. He began programming with Zig in mid-2021, and has contributed to the Zig compiler, standard library, and a number of open source projects. Garrison has made a mark in the Zig community by helping programmers of all experience levels.
related titles
related titles
choose your plan
pro
monthly
annual
$24.99
$249.99
only $20.83 per month
- access to all Manning books, MEAPs, liveVideos, liveProjects, and audiobooks!
- choose another free product every time you renew
- choose twelve free products per year
- exclusive 50% discount on all purchases
- renews monthly, pause or cancel renewal anytime
- renews annually, pause or cancel renewal anytime
-
![]()
Systems Programming with Zig ebook for free
Systems Programming with Zig ebook for free
team
monthly
annual
$49.99
$399.99
only $33.33 per month
- five seats for your team
- access to all Manning books, MEAPs, liveVideos, liveProjects, and audiobooks!
- choose another free product every time you renew
- choose twelve free products per year
- exclusive 50% discount on all purchases
- renews monthly, pause or cancel renewal anytime
- renews annually, pause or cancel renewal anytime
-
![]()
Systems Programming with Zig ebook for free
choose your plan
pro
monthly
annual
$24.99
$249.99
only $20.83 per month
- access to all Manning books, MEAPs, liveVideos, liveProjects, and audiobooks!
- choose another free product every time you renew
- choose twelve free products per year
- exclusive 50% discount on all purchases
- renews monthly, pause or cancel renewal anytime
- renews annually, pause or cancel renewal anytime
-
![]()
Systems Programming with Zig ebook for free
team
monthly
annual
$49.99
$399.99
only $33.33 per month
- five seats for your team
- access to all Manning books, MEAPs, liveVideos, liveProjects, and audiobooks!
- choose another free product every time you renew
- choose twelve free products per year
- exclusive 50% discount on all purchases
- renews monthly, pause or cancel renewal anytime
- renews annually, pause or cancel renewal anytime
-
![]()
Systems Programming with Zig ebook for free
