The Ultimate Guide to Rust Programming

Gain insights into Rust programming fundamentals, explore its syntax, ownership, and type system, and delve into core components like memory management, traits, and generics to enhance your skills.

Intermediate

167 Lessons

Certificate of Completion

Gain insights into Rust programming fundamentals, explore its syntax, ownership, and type system, and delve into core components like memory management, traits, and generics to enhance your skills.

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This course includes

280 Playgrounds

22 Challenges

5 Quizzes

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280 Playgrounds

22 Challenges

5 Quizzes

Course Overview

Rust is quickly becoming one of the most popular languages. With a strong basis as a systems and embedded language, its clean design and ergonomics makes it an emerging choice for general purpose programming tasks as well. This course will be your guide to the fundamentals of programming and Rust. Whether you have no experience or want to learn a new language, this is the place to start. In this course, you’ll start off with the basics of the Rust programming language, learning the syntax, the philosophy o...Show More

What You'll Learn

Learn to work with variables and arrays of various data types

Learn to use conditional statements

Learn to code iterative programs using loops

Learn to work with enums, structs and traits

Learn how to use references

What You'll Learn

Learn to work with variables and arrays of various data types

Course Content

Welcome to Begin Rust

Get familiar with Rust programming for all levels, emphasizing active participation and experimentation.

Introduction

Instructions

Hello World and variables

Grasp the fundamentals of Rust programming with "Hello World," variables, and basic operations.

Multiple Variables and Shadowing

Types

Summary

Exercises

Anatomy of Rust

Examine Rust's syntax, structure, readability, comments, expressions, variables, and practical coding exercises.

Expressions, Values, and Types

Variables, Again

Effects Versus Results

Blocks and Statements

Summary

Exercises

Functions

Grasp the fundamentals of defining, calling, and utilizing functions in Rust effectively.

Variable and Parameter Scope

Anatomy of a Function

Booleans

Dig into Rust's booleans, comparison operators, the assert macro, and logical functions.

Equality

Assertions

Comparison Operators

Functions Returning Booleans

The Not Operator

Not-ing Other Comparison Operators

And/Or

Summary

Exercises

Conditionals

8 Lessons

Tackle conditionals, boolean logic, recursion, and practical exercises in Rust programming.

Mutable variables and while loops

11 Lessons

Master mutability and while loops in Rust, leveraging nested loops and avoiding common pitfalls.

Structs and ownership

11 Lessons

Sharpen your skills in using structs and understanding ownership rules in Rust.

References

11 Lessons

Get started with Rust's borrowing, mutable/immutable references, lifetimes, and dereferencing principles.

10.

Methods

11 Lessons

Examine Rust methods, type inference, numerical readability, method chaining, and practical exercises.

11.

Strings

13 Lessons

Grasp the fundamentals of Rust strings, memory management, ownership, and efficient string handling.

12.

Arrays, Vecs, and slices

8 Lessons

Solve problems in managing arrays, slices, and vectors, with practical exercises.

13.

Type parameters

6 Lessons

Follow the process of using type parameters in Rust for structs, functions, and impl blocks.

14.

Traits

13 Lessons

Master the steps to use traits in Rust to define, implement, and manage shared behavior.

15.

Enums

10 Lessons

Learn how to use enums for type safety, pattern matching, and implementing methods in Rust.

16.

Iterators and for loops

11 Lessons

Get started with iterating in Rust, covering loops, iterators, ranges, and practical applications.

17.

Early exit

10 Lessons

Examine early exit strategies in Rust, including `break`, `continue`, `return`, and `?` operator.

18.

What’s next?

4 Lessons

Apply your skills to advancing Rust programming through installation, exercises, and community involvement.

Course Author

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Evan Dunbar

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Carlos Matias La Borde

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Souvik Kundu

Front-end Developer

Vinay Krishnaiah

Software Developer

Eric Downs

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Kenan Eyvazov

DevOps Engineer

Souvik Kundu

Front-end Developer

Eric Downs

Musician/Entrepeneur

Anthony Walker

@_webarchitect_

Evan Dunbar

ML Engineer

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