Learn Rust from Scratch

The course offers the best approach to learning Rust programming, starting from the fundamentals and progressing to advanced concepts in this Rust course.

Beginner

124 Lessons

Certificate of Completion

The course offers the best approach to learning Rust programming, starting from the fundamentals and progressing to advanced concepts in this Rust course.

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This course includes

1 Assessment

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20 Challenges

52 Quizzes

This course includes

1 Assessment

190 Playgrounds

20 Challenges

52 Quizzes

Course Overview

The word is out: developers love Rust. It's quickly becoming one of the most popular languages among systems and embedded programmers, and the demand for Rust developers is growing considerably. It's a very powerful language in terms of performance, reliability, and productivity, especially when compared to C++. If you're a system developer looking for a new language to learn, then Rust is a great place to look next. In this course, you'll be able to learn Rust while getting your hands dirty along the way...Show More

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Rust

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Course Content

Introduction

This chapter introduces Rust programming language, covering its history, key features, applications, and learning outcomes tailored for beginners.

Who Is This Course For?Learning Outcomes Getting to Know Rust Why Rust?

Getting Started

This chapter introduces the fundamentals of Rust programming: program structure, printing methods, comments, challenges, and solutions for effective output.

The Basic Program The Basic Formatting Printing Styles Comments Challenge 1: Display Output Solution Review 1: Display Output Challenge 2: Display Output Using Placeholders Solution Review 2: Display Output Using Placeholders

Variables

This chapter outlines variables in Rust, covering their definition, scope, shadowing, and mutable characteristics, alongside practical examples and challenges.

What Are Variables?Scope and Shadowing Challenge: Defining Variables Solution Review: Defining Variables

Data types

This chapter explores Rust's data types, focusing on their definitions and practical applications, including numeric types and strings, arrays, and tuples.

What Are Data Types?Numeric Types: Integers and Floats Boolean Character and String Arrays Tuples Constant Variables Challenge 1: Declare an Array Solution Review 1: Declare an Array Challenge 2: Declare a Tuple Solution Review 2: Declare a Tuple

Operators

This chapter explores the fundamentals of operators in Rust, including arithmetic, logical, comparison, and type casting, with their practical applications.

Introduction to Operators Arithmetic Operators Logical Operators Comparison Operators Bitwise Operators Assignment and Compound Assignment Operators Type Casting Operator Borrowing and Dereferencing Operators Precedence and Associativity Challenge: Calculate (a + b)^3 Solution Review: Calculate (a + b)^3

Conditional Expressions

9 Lessons

This chapter introduces conditional expressions in Rust, allowing for various constructs like "if," "if let," and "match" to enhance program flow and logic.

Loops

13 Lessons

This chapter explores loops in Rust, detailing types, control statements, nested structures, and practical challenges for enhancing programming skills.

Functions

14 Lessons

This chapter introduces functions in Rust that enable code reusability with parameter handling, supporting various techniques like passing by value, reference.

Strings

8 Lessons

This chapter explores string manipulation in Rust, covering types, methods, iteration, updates, slicing, ownership, and practical exercises.

Vectors

6 Lessons

The chapter explores Rust vectors, covering their creation, resizing, iteration, slicing, and practical manipulation challenges.

Structs

7 Lessons

This chapter introduces Rust's structs to enable custom data types, method organization, and static functionality, culminating in practical exercises.

Enums

9 Lessons

This chapter covers Rust enums enabling custom data types with variants and methods for encapsulating behavior, enhancing data handling and control flow.

Traits and Generics

4 Lessons

This chapter explores how traits define shared behavior and how generics enhance code reusability in Rust, with practical implementation examples.

Modules

7 Lessons

This chapter covers modules in Rust to facilitate code organization and visibility control, enabling management of items across files and nested structures.

Lifetime and Memory Management

7 Lessons

This chapter focuses on memory management in Rust, emphasizing ownership, borrowing, and lifetimes to ensure safe and efficient memory usage.

Conclusion

2 Lessons

This chapter concludes the course on Rust and emphasises career opportunities in Rust programming and encourages learner engagement for future growth.

Rust Exam

Assessment

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