Guides

These guides provide in-depth coverage of specific Sigil topics. Unlike the tutorial, these can be read in any order based on your needs.

Available Guides

Idiomatic Sigil: pipelines, pattern matching, transducers, function composition, and data-oriented programming.

Deep dive into the module system: library structure, resolution, exports, and best practices for organizing code.

Advanced macro techniques: procedural macros, hygiene, debugging, and when (not) to use macros.

Concurrent programming with channels and cooperative tasks. Build responsive applications with multiple concurrent actors.

The condition system, custom exceptions, and strategies for robust error handling.

Building standalone executables, bundling, and deployment strategies.

Building command-line interfaces with (sigil args): options, subcommands, validation, and help generation.

API design guidelines for Sigil libraries: naming conventions, signatures, documentation, and idiomatic patterns.

Building static websites with sigil publish: documentation sites, blogs, custom pipelines, themes, and API documentation generation.