rust

Disclaimer: This blog is being written while I venture into the world of Rust. Any correction or suggestion are welcome via PR.

Intro: what is Rust?

Rust is a programming language that balances the power of writing low level code with the ease of modern languages. It has a powerfull compiler that catches classical mistakes, its own dependency manager and build tool (Cargo), and many more.

“By striving for zero-cost abstractions, higher-level features that compile to lower-level code as fast as code written manually, Rust endeavors to make safe code be fast code as well.” - The Rust Programming Language

Install

For Windows instructions see: Windows install.

Docs

The rustup setup also install an offline documentation. Run rustup doc to browse. Additionally, the official site recommends:

“the book” (The Rust Programming Language)
rustlings: a collection of “small exercises to get you used to reading and writing Rust”
Rust by Example: collection of runnable examples and exercises

I’ve begun my journey by reading “the book”, but I also intend on checking the other two resources. I’ll come back here with my personal thoughts on each of those.

Begin!

Let’s begin with the Hello, World! example.