Build efficient systems software with the Zig programming language by creating UNIX tools, network services, asynchronous applications, and high-performance servers. Key Features Build real-world systems software and UNIX programming tools through practical Zig projects Develop network programming skills through TCP, UDP, HTTP services, concurrent applications, and CLI tools Master memory management, I/O, and systems-level design with the Zig programming language Book DescriptionBuild reliable systems software with Zig through a project-driven approach focused on practical engineering challenges. Guided by UNIX systems engineer & bestselling author Mihalis Tsoukalos, you will learn modern systems programming techniques while creating production-ready applications, UNIX tools, & network services. This book takes you from essential UNIX tooling and build infrastructure to advanced topics such as direct memory access, binary formats, filesystem monitoring, networking, concurrency, asynchronous I/O, & database integration. Through hands-on projects, you will create command-line utilities, TCP and UDP services, HTTP applications, file indexing tools, cache servers, & a domain-specific language interpreter that combines memory management, comptime metaprogramming, parsing, evaluation, & error handling. Each chapter demonstrates how Zig features solve practical systems programming problems. You will work with memory management, process control, synchronization primitives, event-driven architectures, SQLite integration, protocol design, & performance-focused data structures while learning the reasoning behind key engineering decisions. By the end of this book, you will be able to build efficient and maintainable systems software in Zig & confidently apply the language to production projects.What you will learn Build production-ready UNIX command-line tools with Zig Develop TCP, UDP, and HTTP network services and applications Apply systems programming techniques to memory, f
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