# How to learn Zig?

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**Category:** Help\
**Tags:** learning\
**Created:** [August 30, 2023, 10:49am UTC](https://ziggit.dev/t/how-to-learn-zig/1642 "2023-08-30T10:49:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![mahdi](https://ziggit.dev/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e9c0ed/32.png) [@mahdi](https://ziggit.dev/u/mahdi)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2023, 10:49am UTC](https://ziggit.dev/t/how-to-learn-zig/1642/1 "2023-08-30T10:49:04Z")

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Hello,  
I’m new here. I want to learn the Zig programming language. Now How can I learn the Zig programming language? Where to learn the Zig programming language? Is there any platform available where everything is arranged for the absolute beginner?

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**Author:** ![tensorush](https://ziggit.dev/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@tensorush](https://ziggit.dev/u/tensorush)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2023, 10:58am UTC](https://ziggit.dev/t/how-to-learn-zig/1642/2 "2023-08-30T10:58:17Z")

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Hi, welcome!

There’s a [“Learn” section](https://ziglang.org/learn/) on the Zig website with the top resources.

I suggest completing [Ziglings](https://github.com/ratfactor/ziglings) first and then reading the [langref](https://ziglang.org/documentation/0.11.0/) top-to-bottom.

Also, for idiomatic Zig code snippets, see [Zig By Example](https://zigbyexample.github.io/) and [Zig Help](https://zighelp.org/), which is an updated version of [Zig Learn](https://ziglearn.org/). Otherwise, search the `std` code for public functions, its super readable.

There’re also two FAQ pages in the Wiki section on GitHub:

1. [FAQ](https://github.com/ziglang/zig/wiki/FAQ)

2. [Newcomer FAQ](https://github.com/ziglang/zig/wiki/Zig-Newcomer-Programming-FAQs)

UPD: The full list of Zig-related resources I’ve been hoarding is here:

[https://github.com/tensorush/Awesome-Langs-Learning#lizard-zig](https://github.com/tensorush/Awesome-Langs-Learning#lizard-zig)

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**Author:** ![dude\_the\_builder](https://ziggit.dev/user_avatar/ziggit.dev/dude_the_builder/32/557_2.png) [@dude\_the\_builder](https://ziggit.dev/u/dude_the_builder)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2023, 1:22pm UTC](https://ziggit.dev/t/how-to-learn-zig/1642/3 "2023-08-30T13:22:21Z")

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Just wanted to emphasize that out of all the great resources @tensorush mentions, the [Language Reference](https://ziglang.org/documentation/0.11.0/) for me has always been the most helpful learning aid for Zig, then followed by the comments and tests of the [standard library source code](https://github.com/ziglang/zig/tree/master/lib/std), which are very clear and well written. [ZigNEWS](https://zig.news/) also has some great articles on Zig.

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**Author:** ![Damjan94](https://ziggit.dev/user_avatar/ziggit.dev/damjan94/32/580_2.png) [@Damjan94](https://ziggit.dev/u/Damjan94)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2023, 4:55pm UTC](https://ziggit.dev/t/how-to-learn-zig/1642/4 "2023-08-30T16:55:04Z")

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[zig showtime](https://www.youtube.com/@ZigSHOWTIME) has cool content too

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**Author:** ![rofrol](https://ziggit.dev/user_avatar/ziggit.dev/rofrol/32/231_2.png) [@rofrol](https://ziggit.dev/u/rofrol)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2023, 5:04pm UTC](https://ziggit.dev/t/how-to-learn-zig/1642/5 "2023-08-30T17:04:20Z")

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[https://zighelp.org/](https://zighelp.org/) - updated fork of ziglearn

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**Author:** ![Durobot](https://ziggit.dev/user_avatar/ziggit.dev/durobot/32/447_2.png) [@Durobot](https://ziggit.dev/u/Durobot)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2023, 5:56am UTC](https://ziggit.dev/t/how-to-learn-zig/1642/6 "2023-08-31T05:56:14Z")

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I had a blast following [Ziglings](https://github.com/ratfactor/ziglings). It’s a collection of practical examples where you fix the code to make it compile and work as intended.