Learn the basics of Rust programming from scratch, starting with the syntax, then moving to the core components of Rust.

Become a Rust Professional

In this module, we’ll start with the basics of the Rust programming language, and learn the syntax, philosophy, and the anatomy of Rust. With that in hand, we’ll move to some of the more unique parts of Rust, such as expression-oriented programming, ownership, and its robust type system.
In the latter half of the module, we’ll work through some of the core components of Rust, such as references, memory management, mutability, traits, slices, and generics.

The Ultimate Guide to Rust Programming

There are three different ways to pass a value into a function: move it, pass by reference, and pass by mutable reference. We see this in method calls as `self`, `&self`, and `&mut self`. This pattern of 3 appears in more places in Rust, including in iterators.

Let’s say we want to iterate over a `Vec`, and then use it again. Perhaps we’d write some code like this:

Hello World and variables

Anatomy of Rust

Functions

Boolean

Conditionals

Mutable variables and while loops

Structs and ownership

References

Methods

Strings

Arrays, Vecs, and slices

Traits

Enums

Iterators and for loops

Early exit

Appendix

Conclusion

The Rule of 3