Understanding the Odin Programming Language

A comprehensive guide to the Odin programming language, covering basic to advanced concepts like manual memory management and data-oriented design.

Understanding the Odin Programming Language is a book that teaches both basic and advanced Odin concepts. You'll learn about procedures, manual memory management, parametric polymorphism, data-oriented design, and much more.

The target audience is anyone with some programming experience. Odin is a simple yet powerful language, making this book a great introduction to low-level programming, regardless of your background.

A programming language is a tool. By understanding your tools, you will become a better craftsperson. Therefore, this book does not just explain how to write Odin code. It also explains why the language works the way it does.

What people say:

I highly recommend Karl Zylinski's excellently written book on Odin—perfect for anyone who wants to learn and understand the Odin programming language. -Bill "gingerBill" Hall, creator of Odin.

Karl makes a great job at explaining Odin. I had a good experience with garbage collected language like Golang and the book really helped me to transition to a non garbage collected language like Odin. -Review on store.zylinski.se by Kevin D.

I never read, I get distracted easily. But the writing style here is so good, that I didn't have any issues reading through the whole thing in a couple days. -Review on store.zylinski.se by Shaka.

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Available formats:

HTML

Beautifully laid out and easy to navigate. A portable HTML file with all the fonts and images baked in. Similar to a PDF, but nicer to use.

The optimal reading experience on a computer. Can also be read on a phone or tablet.

Available on:

store.zylinski.se HTML+eBook Itch HTML+eBook

eBook

Specially suited for e-readers and eBook apps.

Nice and simple layout. Includes all illustrations and supports color.

Available on:

store.zylinski.se HTML+eBook Itch HTML+eBook Amazon Kindle eBook Google Books

If you are unsure of which version to get, then I recommend buying it from store.zylinski.se or Itch. On there you'll get both the HTML and eBook versions.