Learn Rust, starting from scratch

Syllabus

1. The toolbox

   We will cover the tools that every Rust developer should have in their toolbox: rustup (toolchain management), cargo (build system and package manager), clippy (linter), rustfmt (formatter), and rustdoc (documentation generator).

2. The language

   We will cover in detail the core constructs of the Rust language: syntax, control flow, pattern matching, type system (traits), ownership and borrowing, polymorphism (generics and trait objects), closures and `Fn*` traits, and panics.

3. The standard library

   Writing Rust programs is significantly easier if you have mastered the standard library. We will cover the most important parts of the standard library, including: primitive types, strings and string slices, collections and iterators, conversion traits, smart pointers (Box, Arc, Rc), nullability handling (Option), error handling (Result), and concurrency primitives (threads, channels, locks).

4. Testing

   We will build up your Rust's testing toolkit. We will start from scratch, with your first unit test. By the end, you will have a comprehensive understanding of the available test types, the best practices in terms of test organization as well as their runtime implications. You will be well equipped for the testing challenges ahead of you!

5. Async Rust

   We will cover the basics of asynchronous programming in Rust, including: the Future trait, async functions, the .await operator, spawning tasks, an overview of tokio (the most popular async runtime in Rust), as well as common pitfalls.