To get the most out of this book

Software/hardware covered in the book

OS requirements

You will need version 1.31 of Rust (from December 2018) or a newer version installed on your computer.

The content of this book was tested on 64-bit Linux Mint and 32-bit Windows 10 systems. Most examples should work on any system supporting Rust. Chapter 5, Creating a Client-Side WebAssembly App Using Yew, and Chapter 6, Creating a WebAssembly Game Using Quicksilver, require a web browser that supports WebAssembly, such as Chrome or Firefox. Chapter 6, Creating a WebAssembly Game Using Quicksilver, and Chapter 7, Creating a Desktop Two-Dimensional Game Using ggez, require support for OpenGL. Chapter 10, Creating a Linux Kernel Module, works only on Linux Mint.

If you are using the digital version of this book, we advise you to type the code yourself or access the code via the GitHub repository (link available in the next section). Doing so will help you avoid any potential errors related to the copying and pasting of code.

Download the example code files

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You can download the code files by following these steps:

1. Log in or register at www.packt.com.
2. Select the Support tab.
3. Click on Code Downloads.
4. Enter the name of the book in the Search box and follow the onscreen instructions.

Once the file is downloaded, please make sure that you unzip or extract the folder using the latest version of:

• WinRAR/7-Zip for Windows
• Zipeg/iZip/UnRarX for Mac
• 7-Zip/PeaZip for Linux

The code bundle for the book is also hosted on GitHub at https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Creative-Projects-for-Rust-Programmers. In case there's an update to the code, it will be updated on the existing GitHub repository.

We also have other code bundles from our rich catalog of books and videos available at https://github.com/PacktPublishing/. Check them out!

Download the color images

We also provide a PDF file that has color images of the screenshots/diagrams used in this book. You can download it here: https://static.packt-cdn.com/downloads/9781789346220_ColorImages.pdf.

Conventions used

There are a number of text conventions used throughout this book.

CodeInText: Indicates code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles. Here is an example: "The pos variable is the position of the current digit in the digits array."

A block of code is set as follows:

{
    for pos in pos..5 {
        print!("{}", digits[pos] as u8 as char);
}

Any command-line input or output is written as follows:

curl -X GET http://localhost:8080/datafile.txt

Bold: Indicates a new term, an important word, or words that you see onscreen. For example, words in menus or dialog boxes appear in the text like this. Here is an example: "The Name portion edit box and the Filter button to its right are for filtering the table below it, in a similar way to the list project."

Warnings or important notes appear like this.

Tips and tricks appear like this.