Rust in Action
Rust in Action introduces the Rust programming language by exploring numerous systems programming concepts and techniques. You'll be learning Rust by delving into how computers work under the hood. You'll find yourself playing with persistent storage, memory, networking and even tinkering with CPU instructions. The book takes you through using Rust to extend other applications and teaches you tricks to write blindingly fast code. You'll also discover parallel and concurrent programming. Filled to the brim with real-life use cases and scenarios, you'll go beyond the Rust syntax and see what Rust has to offer in real-world use cases.
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63% recommend32% neutral5% critical
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- In this order:
1. The Rust Book (Free) - https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/
2. Rust by Example (Free) - https://doc.rust-lang.org/rust-by-example/
3. Rust Atomics and Locks - https://marabos.nl/atomics/
4. Rust in Action - https://www.rustinaction.com/
5. Rust for Rustaceans - https://rust-for-rustaceans.com/
Also Jon Gjengset's channel is immensely valuable: https://www.youtube.com/c/JonGjengset
- Not yet. I'm willing to pay for stuff like this. I was reading Tim's Rust in Action at that time and I liked the book so when he announced that he was starting such a course I immediately singed up, although the price was a bit crazy. I got the coupon code from a guy on Reddit so that's pure luck. I am really willing to pay for other peoples IP. I am still hoping that one day he could complete the project but before that I've got some other projects to work on.
Side note: I've finished Build your own Redis in C/C++ (https://leanpub.com/build_your_own_redis) and it's pretty decent. The title of the book is a bit weird since it's almost 100% C++ so I don't know why they put "C" in there. But it's a pretty decent book (and reasonably priced).
- Well, like I mentioned in my other comment, I really liked his book Rust in Action so I signed up for his course, despite the price. But yeah, maybe it _is_ a scam at the end of the day.
- Ah, so you are the author of Rust in Action. Thanks for the great book! Despite not liking Rust, the book was really engaging and enjoyable.
- > Although at first, some unfamiliar design decisions annoyed me, for they were not well explained in the tutorials I was learning the language from – e.g `arg: value` as a shortcut for `[{:arg, value}]` in function arguments and other places
This complaint and a similar one for maps were the primary driver in me making an "Elixir tips" playlist of YT videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7w98voHko20&list=PLFhQVxlaKQ...
What kinds of things have you been coding or reading in your Rust learning so far? I'm a pretty big fan of Herbert Wolverson's Pragprog Rust book and open source Roguelike project, as well as Tim McNamara's Rust in Action (which I've only gone through part of due to how each project leaves you wanting to keep building it after the book moves on to another).
- > learn to develop complex system-level software in the C programming language while gaining an intimate understanding of the Unix operating system
I would have loved to take a course like this in college, though I didn't have the chance. I do think [Rust In Action](https://www.manning.com/books/rust-in-action) is a good introduction to some of the same concepts, if anyone is, like me, yearning for grad school while having to hold down a job. While it doesn't use C, I think it teaches systems programming in a way that's easily applicable to any language.
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