Rust is the new, open source, fast, and safe systems programming language for the 21st century, developed at Mozilla Research, and with a steadily growing community. It was created to solve the dilemma between high-level, slow code with minimal control over the system, and low-level, fast code with maximum system control. It is no longer necessary to learn C/C++ to develop resource intensive and low-level systems applications. This book will give you a head start to solve systems programming and application tasks with Rust.

We start off with an argumentation of Rust's unique place in today's landscape of programming languages. You'll install Rust and learn how to work with its package manager Cargo. The various concepts are introduced step by step: variables, types, functions, and control structures to lay the groundwork. Then we explore more structured data such as strings, arrays, and enums, and you'll see how pattern matching works.

Throughout all this, we stress the unique ways of reasoning that the Rust compiler uses to produce safe code. Next we look at Rust's specific way of error handling, and the overall importance of traits in Rust code. The pillar of memory safety is treated in depth as we explore the various pointer kinds. Next, you'll see how macros can simplify code generation, and how to compose bigger projects with modules and crates. Finally, you'll discover how we can write safe concurrent code in Rust and interface with C programs, get a view of the Rust ecosystem, and explore the use of the standard library.

What you will learn

Set up your Rust environment to achieve the highest productivity

Bridge the performance gap between safe and unsafe languages

Use pattern matching to create flexible code

Apply generics and traits to develop widely applicable code

Organize your code in modules and crates

Build macros to extend Rust's capabilities and reach

Apply tasks to tackle problems concurrently in a distributed environment

Table of Contents

Starting with Rust

Using Variables and Types

Using Functions and Control Structures

Structuring Data and Matching Patterns

Higher Order Functions and Error-Handling

Using Traits and OOP in Rust

Ensuring Memory Safety and Pointers

Organizing Code and Macros

Concurrency - Coding for Multicore Execution

Programming at the Boundaries

Exploring the standard library

The ecosystem of crates

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