Getting Started

Install a master build, compile Hello World, and run your first test. If you used 0.13 or 0.14 before, the last chapter lists what moved and shows each replacement.

1. This guide follows Zig master, not a tagged release. The footer names the compiler that compiled every snippet on the site.
2. A test needs no framework and no separate file. A test block in any compiled file is a test, and zig test runs it.
3. Code from a 0.13 or 0.14 tutorial probably does not compile today. The failure is not your mistake. The last chapter tells you what moved.

5 chapters.

• InstallationHow to get a Zig master build, and why this guide needs one.
• Hello WorldYour first Zig program, and the reason that main now takes an argument.
• Run TestsTests are part of the language.
• Migrate from an Older ZigThe changes between the last stable releases and the master that this guide uses.
• What Changed in Zig 0.17The changes between 0.16.0 and 0.17.0, checked on the two compilers.