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Product type Paperback

Published in Dec 2020

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781800560963

Length 388 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Rust

Tools

GitHub

Concepts

System Programming

Author (1):

Prabhu Eshwarla

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Table of Contents (17) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: Getting Started with System Programming in Rust

2. Chapter 1: Tools of the Trade – Rust Toolchains and Project Structures FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: A Tour of the Rust Programming Language

4. Chapter 3: Introduction to the Rust Standard Library

5. Chapter 4: Managing Environment, Command Line, and Time

6. Section 2: Managing and Controlling System Resources in Rust

7. Chapter 5: Memory Management in Rust

8. Chapter 6: Working with Files and Directories in Rust

9. Chapter 7: Implementing Terminal I/O in Rust

10. Chapter 8: Working with Processes and Signals

11. Chapter 9: Managing Concurrency

12. Section 3: Advanced Topics

13. Chapter 10: Working with Device I/O

14. Chapter 11: Learning Network Programming

15. Chapter 12: Writing Unsafe Rust and FFI

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