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

It may seem weird that this `None` propagation thing is considered so important in Rust that it gets its own special `?` thingy. But here’s the next piece in the puzzle: `?` works for more than just `Option`. A very common thing to do in real world programmers is to deal with errors. Let’s get a nice example to make sense of that.

Let’s say I’m running the ticket booth for a roller coaster. Families come up, and I need to figure out how much it will cost them to ride. The rule is:

  - 18 years old and under cost 5

  - 19 years old to 65 years old cost 8

  - 66 years old and up cost 7

However, there’s one more thing, no one under 10, or shorter than 80 centimeters, can ride. Let’s first write a data type and function that figures out the price for a single person:

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

Failing With Style