--- title: Best Zig posts — August 2024 | daily.dev description: The most upvoted Zig posts from August 2024, curated by the daily.dev community. canonical: https://daily.dev/tags/zig/best-of/2024/08 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:url: https://daily.dev/tags/zig/best-of/2024/08 og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best Zig posts — August 2024 | daily.dev og:description: The most upvoted Zig posts from August 2024, curated by the daily.dev community. og:image: https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--VAY5ToZt--/f_auto/v1724209435/public/daily.dev%20-%20open%20graph --- # Best of Zig — August 2024 1. 1 [](https://daily.dev/posts/error-handling-in-zig-fm29w57is "Error Handling In Zig") Article Community Picks · 2y Error Handling In Zig Zig offers a straightforward error handling mechanism via error sets and try/catch. Functions can return errors implicitly or explicitly, using specific types like \`anyerror\` for handling any error type. While \`try\` bubbles errors up, \`catch\` handles them selectively, with patterns for switching based on error types. Zig also includes \`errdefer\`, which executes only if a function returns an error. However, Zig's simple errors as enum values pose limitations on attaching additional information or behavior, leading some developers to use tagged unions for more complex error handling needs. 21 5 2. 2 [](https://daily.dev/posts/making-a-chess-engine-in-zig-bbdiecbth "Making a Chess Engine in Zig") Article Community Picks · 2y Making a Chess Engine in Zig The post details the author's journey of building a chess engine using the Zig programming language. It covers foundational aspects such as chess engine functionality, the use of bitboards for efficient move generation, and the implementation of a GUI. It also delves into coding techniques, memory management, and the challenges of integrating C libraries with Zig for WebAssembly (Wasm) deployment. The post shares experiences with Zig's unique features and tooling, and the difficulties faced in ensuring UCI protocol compliance and dealing with platform-specific quirks for deployment. 18 3 [See all Zig archives](/tags/zig/best-of) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/tags/zig/best-of/2024/08#page","url":"https://daily.dev/tags/zig/best-of/2024/08","name":"Best Zig Posts — August 2024","description":"The most upvoted Zig posts from August 2024, curated by the daily.dev community.","isPartOf":{"@type":"WebSite","url":"https://daily.dev"}},{"@type":"ItemList","@id":"https://daily.dev/tags/zig/best-of/2024/08#items","numberOfItems":2,"itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/error-handling-in-zig-fm29w57is","name":"Error Handling In Zig"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/making-a-chess-engine-in-zig-bbdiecbth","name":"Making a Chess Engine in Zig"}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Tags","item":"https://daily.dev/tags"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Zig","item":"https://daily.dev/tags/zig"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Best of","item":"https://daily.dev/tags/zig/best-of"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"name":"August 2024"}]}]} ```