Zig Package Management: build.zig.zon, Dependency Pins, and Version Review

A practical two-hour session on Zig Package Management, focused on build.zig.zon, Dependency Pins, and Version Review. 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 Package Management
• Apply build.zig.zon in a small working example
• Apply Dependency Pins in a small working example
• Apply and Version Review 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.