First Look: Rust

Take a look at Rust, a systems programming language that specializes in running fast, preventing crashes, and keeping threads safe.

Introduction

• Welcome
• What you should know

1. Hello, Rust!

• Installation
• Hello, world!
• Hello, Cargo!

2. Basic Programming Concepts

• Variables and mutability
• Scalar data types: Integers
• Scalar data types: Floats
• Compound data types: Tuples
• Compound data types: Arrays
• How functions work
• Return a value from a function
• Control flow: if/else
• Control flow: While loops
• Control flow: For loops

3. Ownership in Rust

• Ownership principles
• Ownership rules
• Ownership: Memory allocation
• References and borrowing
• Race conditions
• Slices

4. Data Handling and Pattern Matching in Rust

• Using structs
• Building structs using values
• An example program using structs
• Method syntax
• Enums
• Enums with multiple types
• Pattern matching

5. Error Handling

• Unrecoverable errors with panic!
• Recoverable errors with Result introduction
• Recoverable errors with Result demonstration

6. Sample Rust Project: The Guessing Game

• Getting user input
• Generating a secret number
• Comparing guess to secret number
• Allowing multiple guesses

Conclusion

• Next steps