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Rust Quick Start Guide
Rust Quick Start Guide

Rust Quick Start Guide: The easiest way to learn Rust programming

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Rust Quick Start Guide

Basics of the Rust Language

Okay, we're ready to actually begin writing some Rust code. In this chapter, we're going to look at how Rust programs are structured, and how an assortment of common programming elements are expressed in the language. We'll start with functions and modules, then move on to fundamental language features, such as branching, looping, and data structures. Almost everything we're covering in this chapter has an equivalent in most other programming languages; these are the fundamentals of programming.

Specifically, this chapter describes the following:

  • Functions, which are somewhat like miniature programs that are part of the larger program
  • Modules, which are used to organize the program
  • Expressions, which are how we tell the program to actually do specific things
  • Branching, which is how we tell the program to make a decision
  • Looping...
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  • Learn the semantics of Rust, which can be significantly different from other programming languages
  • Understand clearly how to work with the Rust compiler which strictly enforces rules that may not be obvious
  • Examples and insights beyond the Rust documentation

Description

Rust is an emerging programming language applicable to areas such as embedded programming, network programming, system programming, and web development. This book will take you from the basics of Rust to a point where your code compiles and does what you intend it to do! This book starts with an introduction to Rust and how to get set for programming, including the rustup and cargo tools for managing a Rust installation and development work?ow. Then you'll learn about the fundamentals of structuring a Rust program, such as functions, mutability, data structures, implementing behavior for types, and many more. You will also learn about concepts that Rust handles differently from most other languages. After understanding the Basics of Rust programming, you will learn about the core ideas, such as variable ownership, scope, lifetime, and borrowing. After these key ideas, you will explore making decisions in Rust based on data types by learning about match and if let expressions. After that, you'll work with different data types in Rust, and learn about memory management and smart pointers.

Who is this book for?

This book is for people who are new to Rust, either as their first programming language or coming to it from somewhere else. Familiarity with computer programming in any other language will be helpful in getting the best out of this book.

What you will learn

  • Install Rust and write your first program with it
  • Understand ownership in Rust
  • Handle different data types
  • Make decisions by pattern matching
  • Use smart pointers
  • Use generic types and type specialization
  • Write code that works with many data types
  • Tap into the standard library

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Table of Contents

9 Chapters
Getting Ready Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Basics of the Rust Language Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
The Big Ideas – Ownership and Borrowing Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Making Decisions by Pattern Matching Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
One Data Type Representing Multiple Kinds of Data Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Heap Memory and Smart Pointers Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Generic Types Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Important Standard Traits Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
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This is a lively introduction to Rust. The writing is friendly to beginners, or so it seems to me, because I am not a beginner, so I'm guessing a little. For a more experienced developer, it might be a little too watered down and informal, but I'm not complaining. You have the Rust website as an alternate source of information.You could come to this book after learning Python.
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Concepts are well explained...will recommend The book for those who already know c or cpp.
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Avirup D. Jun 20, 2020
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Very Boring and difficult-to-book. Don't buy it if you are a newcomer in Rust.
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