Zig Build System Fundamentals: Targets, Options, Steps, and Artifacts

A practical two-hour session on Zig Build System Fundamentals, focused on Targets, Options, Steps, and Artifacts. Zig is used realistically for systems tooling, C interop, parsing, build workflows, and performance-minded components rather than pretending it is a full web platform.

Audience: entry-level and intermediate developers who want a practical engineering session, not a language tour.

Outcomes:

• Explain the practical boundaries of Zig Build System Fundamentals
• Apply Targets in a small working example
• Apply Options in a small working example
• Apply Steps in a small working example

Format: two hours with a short framing walkthrough, a concrete example, discussion of tradeoffs, and a closing checklist for practice.