Zig Academy

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Learn Zig, the modern systems language: a simpler, safer C with comptime, manual memory control, and a powerful build system.

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Course Overview

Zig: Modern Systems Programming

Learn Zig, the modern systems language: a simpler, safer C with comptime, manual memory control, and a powerful build system. This track covers 30 progressive mini-courses from absolute beginner (A1) through advanced (B2), with short focused lessons and quick quizzes to lock in each concept.

What You Will Learn

You start with the fundamentals and build up through intermediate and advanced topics, each course building on the last. Every lesson is practical and bite-sized, with a 24/7 AI tutor available when you need help.

How It Works

Each course is broken into four focused, bite-sized lessons. Complete a few lessons a day and you will master the full track in weeks, not months.

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Curriculum

30 Courses

Every course in the Zig Academy learning path.

Meet Zig: A Better C

A14 lessons

Explain what Zig is, who it is for, and why it competes with C for systems work.

Install Zig and Run Hello World

A14 lessons

Set up the Zig toolchain and run your first program from the terminal.

Drive the zig CLI

A14 lessonsPRO

Build, run, and inspect Zig programs using the command-line tooling.

Variables with var and const

A14 lessonsPRO

Declare, initialize, and mutate values while respecting immutability.

Primitive Types and Numbers

A14 lessonsPRO

Use Zig's integer, float, and boolean types with confidence.

Operators and Safe Arithmetic

A24 lessonsPRO

Compute with Zig's operators and handle integer overflow explicitly.

Control Flow: if, while, for

A24 lessonsPRO

Branch and loop using Zig's expression-oriented control flow.

Writing and Calling Functions

A24 lessonsPRO

Define functions, pass arguments, and return values cleanly.

Arrays and Slices

A24 lessonsPRO

Store fixed and variable sequences and view them with slices.

Working with Strings

A24 lessonsPRO

Handle Zig's UTF-8 byte-slice strings and format text.

Optionals: Modeling Nothing with ?T

B14 lessonsPRO

Represent absent values safely and unwrap them without crashes.

Structs: Bundling Your Data

B14 lessonsPRO

Define struct types with fields, defaults, and methods.

Error Unions and try

B14 lessonsPRO

Model failure with error sets and propagate it with try.

Handling Errors with catch and errdefer

B14 lessonsPRO

Recover from errors and clean up resources on the failure path.

Enums and Tagged Unions

B14 lessonsPRO

Model fixed choices and variant data with enums and unions.

Pointers and References

B14 lessonsPRO

Use single and many-item pointers to reach memory directly.

defer and Resource Cleanup

B14 lessonsPRO

Schedule cleanup that always runs as scopes exit.

Memory and Allocators

B14 lessonsPRO

Allocate heap memory explicitly and free it reliably.

comptime Fundamentals

B14 lessonsPRO

Run code at compile time to compute values and shape types.

Generics with comptime

B14 lessonsPRO

Write reusable, type-parametric code using compile-time type parameters.

Testing with zig test

B24 lessonsPRO

Write and run inline unit tests with Zig's built-in framework.

build.zig and the Build System

B24 lessonsPRO

Define a project build graph and produce real artifacts.

Modules and Dependencies

B24 lessonsPRO

Split code across files and pull in external packages.

Allocator Strategies in Depth

B24 lessonsPRO

Choose the right allocator for performance, safety, and lifetime.

Advanced comptime Metaprogramming

B24 lessonsPRO

Generate and reflect over types to write powerful, generic code.

Packed Structs and Bit Manipulation

B24 lessonsPRO

Control exact memory layout and pack data at the bit level.

C Interop and translate-c

B24 lessonsPRO

Call C libraries from Zig and import C headers directly.

Cross-Compilation with Zig

B24 lessonsPRO

Build binaries for other platforms from a single machine.

Building Data Structures in Zig

B24 lessonsPRO

Implement core data structures with explicit memory ownership.

Build a Complete CLI Tool in Zig

B24 lessonsPRO

Ship a real command-line application end to end.

FAQ

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Is the Zig Academy course free?

Yes. You can start the Zig Academy course for free and complete its interactive lessons at no cost. An optional PRO subscription unlocks advanced AI tools and a shareable certificate.

Do I need prior experience to learn ZIG?

No. The course begins with the fundamentals and gradually moves to more advanced topics, so you can start even with no prior ZIG experience.

How will I learn ZIG on CoddyKit?

You learn by doing. Short interactive lessons pair a clear explanation with a hands-on coding exercise that runs in real time, and a 24/7 AI tutor gives personalized help whenever you get stuck.

Do I get a certificate for completing Zig Academy?

Yes. PRO learners can take an exam and earn a shareable certificate of completion with a verifiable code for the Zig Academy course.

Can I learn ZIG on my phone?

Yes. CoddyKit is available on the web and as native iOS and Android apps, so you can learn ZIG on any device and your progress syncs across them.

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