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

We’ve been using `while` for looping for a while now. It’s taken a lot of self-restraint to not bring up `for` loops yet. However, to properly understand them, you need to know about traits, enums, and `Option`. Fortunately, now that we’ve covered these, we can *finally* use `for` loops.

Anything you can do with a `for` loop can also be done with a `while` loop. However, as you’ll see shortly, the `for` loop approach is usually much more pleasant to work with. You’re about to have a lot of fun simplifying some code.

Let’s write a program that’s going to count from 1 to 10 using a `while` loop. If you want to take a challenge exercise, implement it yourself before looking at the code below.

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

Count to 10