How to Get Started with Rust
Rust is a programming language that aims to be fast, secure and reliable. Rust can match C/C++ performance while offering memory-safety and thread-safety. Rust has been voted “the most loved language” in Stack Overflow Developer Survey for four years in a row now.
Even with all the goodness, rust developers are scarce. One of the main reasons behind this is ‘Rust’ being considered a difficult language to learn. In a series of blog posts, starting with this post, I’ll try to simplify the Rust learning process to help this beautiful language get the adoption it deserves. This post contains a list of Rust resources I recommend. I’ll soon be following up with a series of guides that will complement these resources.
Rust resources
Books
- I highly recommend the official Rust book/documentation: https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/
- Additionally, you should definitely check out the official cargo book/documentation: https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/
- If you prefer classic books, I recommend http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920040385.do
Exercises
Alongside reading the book(s), you should do hands-on coding as well. I recommend the following exercises:
Video Tutorials
I am not a huge fan of video tutorials for programming languages but I’ve heard good things about this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJbE2Yu2zumDF6BX6_RdPisRVHgzV02NW. If video tutorials are your cup of tee, feel free to check out that playlist.
Other resources
- https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/
- https://discord.gg/rust-lang
- https://users.rust-lang.org/
- https://this-week-in-rust.org/
- https://github.com/ctjhoa/rust-learning
- https://play.rust-lang.org/
All of the above resources are very useful in my opinion. If you are new to Rust, I recommend that you start with the official rust book/documentation and keep doing the rustlings exercises side by side. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me or on the above communities.
Happy learning!
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