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Rust

The Complete Developer's Guide

Stephen Grider

Welcome to the most comprehensive and hands-on course for learning Rust from the ground up.

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Welcome to the most comprehensive and hands-on course for learning Rust from the ground up.

Rust is revolutionizing systems programming with its focus on memory safety, concurrency, and performance. But with its unique concepts and syntax, many find Rust challenging to learn. That's where this course comes in – providing you with a clear, structured path to Rust mastery.

What sets this course apart? We focus on building a rock-solid foundation in Rust's core concepts. No fluff, no skipping steps – just pure, essential Rust knowledge that will set you up for success in any Rust project.

Rust's most challenging concepts are covered:

  • Rust's ownership model? Explained in great detail.

  • Lifetimes and borrowing? Its here.

  • Traits and generics? You'll use them to write flexible code

This course is designed for developers who want to truly understand Rust, not just copy-paste code. Whether you're coming from Javascript, Python, or any other language, you'll find a welcoming introduction to Rust's unique paradigms.

Rust has been voted the "most loved programming language" in the Stack Overflow Developer Survey for seven consecutive years. It's not just hype – major companies like Microsoft, Google, and Amazon are increasingly adopting Rust for critical systems. By mastering Rust, you're not just learning a language; you're future-proofing your career.

Here's a (partial) list of what you'll learn:

  • Dive deep into Rust's type system and how it ensures memory safety

  • Master pattern matching and destructuring for elegant, expressive code

  • Harness the power of Rust's error handling with Result and Option types

  • Explore Rust's module system to organize and scale your projects

  • Implement common data structures and algorithms the Rust way

  • Use cargo to manage dependencies and build your projects with ease

  • A solid grasp of Rust's syntax and core concepts

  • The ability to write safe, efficient, and idiomatic Rust code

  • Confidence to tackle real-world Rust projects and contribute to the ecosystem

  • A deep and fundamental understanding of error handling

  • The skills to optimize code for performance and memory usage

  • And much more.

How This Course Works:

This isn't just another "follow along" coding course. We've structured the learning experience to ensure you truly internalize Rust's concepts:

  1. Concept Introduction: Clear, concise explanations of each Rust feature

  2. Live Coding: Watch as we implement concepts in real-time, explaining our thought process

  3. Challenges: Test your understanding with carefully crafted coding exercises

  4. Project Work: Apply your skills to build progressively complex projects

  5. Best Practices: Learn idiomatic Rust and industry-standard coding patterns

This is the course I wish I had when I was learning Rust. A course that focuses on the hardest parts, gives clear explanations, and discusses the pros and cons of different design options. Sign up today and join me in mastering Rust.

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What's inside

Learning objectives

  • Master rust's unique ownership system and borrowing rules for efficient memory management
  • Understand and implement rust's powerful enum types and pattern matching
  • Develop proficiency in creating and organizing rust projects using modules
  • Learn to handle errors effectively using the result type and various error-handling techniques
  • Gain expertise in working with rust's iterator system for efficient data processing
  • Explore advanced lifetime concepts to manage complex memory relationships
  • Implement generic types and traits to write flexible, reusable code
  • Understand the differences between various rust data structures like arrays, vectors, and slices
  • Learn to work with external crates to extend your rust programs' functionality
  • Develop practical skills through hands-on projects and exercises, including file i/o operations

Syllabus

Foundations of Rust: Setup and First Steps
Introduction
Rust Installation
Local Rust Install
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Creating and Running Rust Projects
Disabling Inlay Type Hints
Course Resources
Core Concepts: The Building Blocks of Rust
Representing Data with Structs
Adding Functionality to Structs
Arrays vs Vectors
Mutable vs Immutable Bindings
Implementations and Methods
Implicit Returns
Installing External Crates
Using Code from Crates
Shuffling a Slice
Splitting a Vector
Project Review
A Taste of Rust
Ownership and Borrowing: Rust's Unique Memory System
Project Overview
Defining Structs
Adding Inherent Implementations
A Mysterious Error
Unexpected Value Updates
The Goal of Ownership and Borrowing
The Basics of Ownership
Owning and Moving Values
Visualizing Ownership and Moves
More on Owning and Moving
Exercise Overview
Exercise Solution
Another Quick Exercise
A Quick Exercise Solution
Writing Useful Code with Ownership
Working Around Ownership
Introducing the Borrow System
Immutable References
Working with References
Exercise On References
References Exercise Solution
Mutable References
Handling Mutable References
Exercise on Mutable Refs
Solution on Mutable Refs
Copy-able Values
Understanding Copies vs Moves
Lifetimes Explored: Understanding Memory Management
Basics of Lifetimes
Lifetimes
Deciding on Argument Types
Back to the Bank Impl
Implementing Deposits and Withdrawals
Accounts and Bank Implementation
Project Wrapup
Enums Unleashed: Pattern Matching and Options
Defining Enums
Declaring Enum Values
Adding Implementations to Enums
Pattern Matching with Enums
When to Use Structs vs Enums
Adding Catalog Items
Unlabeled Fields
Enums
The Option Enum
Option From Another Perspective
Replacing Our Custom Enum with Option
Other Ways of Handling Options
Excercise Overview
Project Architecture: Mastering Modules in Rust
Modules Overview
Rules of Modules
Refactoring with Multiple Modules
Handling the Unexpected: Errors and Results
Reading a File
The Result Enum
The Result Enum in Action
Types of Errors
Matching on Results
Empty OK Variants
Exercise Around the Result Enum
Using a Result When Reading Files
Tricky Strings
The Stack and Heap
Strings, String Refs, and String Slices
When to Use Which String
Strings
Finding Error Logs
Understanding the Issue
Fixing Errors Around String Slices
Writing Data to a File
Alternatives to Nested Matches
The Try Operator
When to Use Each Technique

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Develops a solid grasp of Rust's syntax and core concepts, which is standard in many industries
Taught by Stephen Grider, who is recognized for their work in programming education
Examines Rust's unique ownership model and borrowing rules, which is highly relevant to systems programming
Provides hands-on practice through exercises and projects, which helps learners develop practical skills
Builds a strong foundation for beginners in Rust programming
Explicitly requires learners to come in with no extensive background knowledge

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  • Consider creating a personal wiki or online notebook to store and access your knowledge base.
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Develops a solid grasp of Rust's syntax and core concepts, which is standard in many industries
Taught by Stephen Grider, who is recognized for their work in programming education
Examines Rust's unique ownership model and borrowing rules, which is highly relevant to systems programming
Provides hands-on practice through exercises and projects, which helps learners develop practical skills
Builds a strong foundation for beginners in Rust programming
Explicitly requires learners to come in with no extensive background knowledge
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