Zig Async I/O

In this workshop you will learn the basics of async I/O in Zig alongside some theory that will help you better understand async/await in other languages.

This is a full-day workshop. In the morning we’ll look at how the Io interface works in Zig, and in the afternoon we’ll work on a couple example applications that will help you get used to the main async primitives (Future.await, Io.Group, Io.select, etc).

At the end of the workshop you will:

• Know the difference between asynchrony, concurrency and parallelism
• Know where to start to implement mildly complex async applications
• Know how to write a custom Io implementation, if desired

Requirements:

• Mid-level to advanced knowledge of Zig. We will be grappling with somewhat mind-bending concepts, if you still find Zig challenging to write, you will not have enough available mental capacity to focus on async I/O concepts.
• A laptop with either Linux, macOS or Windows, and the version of Zig we will ask you to bring once the event date comes closer.