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# ziglings
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Welcome to `ziglings`! This project contains a series of tiny broken programs.
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By fixing them, you'll learn how to read and write
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[Zig](https://ziglang.org/)
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code!
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This project was directly inspired by the brilliant and fun
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[rustlings](https://github.com/rust-lang/rustlings)
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project for the [Rust](https://www.rust-lang.org/) language.
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Indirect inspiration comes from [Ruby Koans]( http://rubykoans.com/)
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and the Little LISPer/Little Schemer series of books.
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## Intended Audience
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This will probably be difficult if you've _never_ programmed before.
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But no specific programming experience is required. And in particular,
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you are _not_ expected to have any prior experience with "systems programming"
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or a "systems" level language such as C.
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Each exercise is self-contained and self-explained. However, you're encouraged
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to also check out these Zig language resources for more detail:
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* https://ziglearn.org/
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* https://ziglang.org/documentation/master/
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## Getting Started
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Install a [master build](https://ziglang.org/download/) of the Zig compiler.
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Verify the installation and version of `zig` like so:
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```bash
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$ zig version
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0.8.0-dev.1065+<some hexadecimal string>
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```
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Clone this repository with Git:
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```bash
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$ git clone https://github.com/ratfactor/ziglings
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$ cd ziglings
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```
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Then run `zig build` and follow the instructions to begin!
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```bash
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$ zig build
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```
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## A Note About Versions
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The Zig language is under very active development. Ziglings will attempt to
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be current, but not bleeding-edge. However, sometimes fundamental changes
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will happen. Ziglings will check for a minimum version and build number
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(which is this one: `0.x.x-dev.<build number>`) and exit if your version of
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Zig is too old. It is likely that you'll download a build which is greater
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than the number in the example shown above in this README. That's okay!
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Once you have a version of the Zig compiler that works with your copy of
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Ziglings, they'll continue to work together forever. But if you update one,
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keep in mind that you may need to also update the other.
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## Advanced Usage
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It can be handy to check just a single exercise or _start_ from a single
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exercise:
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```bash
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zig build 19
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zig build 19_start
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```
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You can also run without checking for correctness:
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```bash
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zig build 01_test
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```
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Or skip the build system entirely and interact directly with the compiler
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if you're into that sort of thing:
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```bash
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zig run exercises/01_hello.zig
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```
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Calling all wizards: To prepare an executable for debugging, install it
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to zig-cache/bin with:
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```bash
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zig build 01_install
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```
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## TODO
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Contributions are very welcome! I'm writing this to teach myself and to create
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the learning resource I wished for. There will be tons of room for improvement:
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* Wording of explanations
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* Idiomatic usage of Zig
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* Additional exercises
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Planned exercises:
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* [x] Hello world (main needs to be public)
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* [x] Importing standard library
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* [x] Assignment
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* [x] Arrays
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* [x] Strings
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* [x] If
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* [x] While
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* [x] For
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* [x] Functions
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* [x] Errors (error/try/catch/if-else-err)
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* [x] Defer (and errdefer)
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* [x] Switch
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* [x] Unreachable
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* [x] Enums
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* [x] Structs
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* [x] Pointers
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* [ ] Optionals
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* [ ] Slices
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* [ ] Multi pointers
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* [ ] Unions
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* [ ] Numeric types (integers, floats)
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* [ ] Labelled blocks and loops
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* [ ] Loops as expressions
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* [ ] Comptime
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* [ ] Inline loops (how to DEMO this?)
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* [ ] Anonymous structs
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* [ ] Sentinel termination
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* [ ] Vectors
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* [ ] Imports
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* [ ] Allocators
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* [ ] Arraylist
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* [ ] Filesystem
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* [ ] Readers and Writers
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* [ ] Formatting
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* [ ] JSON
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* [ ] Random Numbers
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* [ ] Crypto
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* [ ] Threads
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* [ ] Hash Maps
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* [ ] Stacks
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* [ ] Sorting
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* [ ] Iterators
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* [ ] Formatting specifiers
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* [ ] Advanced Formatting
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* [ ] Suspend / Resume
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* [ ] Async / Await
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* [ ] Nosuspend
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* [ ] Async Frames, Suspend Blocks
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The initial topics for these exercises were unabashedly cribbed from
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[ziglearn.org](https://ziglearn.org/). I've since moved things around
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in an order that I think best lets each topic build upon each other.
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