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Introduction to Rust

Course

In this course, you'll learn Rust from the ground up, equipping you with the skills to build efficient and scalable Rust applications.

In this course, you'll learn Rust from the ground up, equipping you with the skills to build efficient and scalable Rust applications.

  • Advanced

  • 2 weeks

  • Last Updated February 11, 2025

Skills you'll learn:

Testing in RustOwnership and Borrowing in Rust

Prerequisites:

Computer programming proficiency

Advanced

2 weeks

Last Updated February 11, 2025

Skills you'll learn:

Testing in Rust • Ownership and Borrowing in Rust • Rust Functions and Modules • Rust Cargo and Crates

Prerequisites:

Computer programming proficiency

Course Lessons

Lesson 1

Rust Ownership, Borrowing, and Lifetimes

Master Rust's Ownership Model through understanding borrow checker, mutability, scopes, and lifetimes with supportive exercises and a quiz.

Lesson 2

Generics and Traits, Error Handling, and Control Flow, Enums, and Pattern Matching

Explore Rust's intermediate features: control flow, enums, pattern matching, generics, traits, and error handling. Engage with hands-on exercises and a comprehensive quiz.

Lesson 3

Documentation, Formatting, and Clippy, Testing, Examples, Benchmarks, and Debugging, and Cargo and Modules

Explore advanced Rust by mastering Cargo, modules, testing, and debugging. Enhance code readability with tools and test skills with exercises and a quiz.

Lesson 4

Macros & FFI

Explore advanced Rust techniques, focusing on declarative and procedural macros, C integration, and include exercises and quizzes for mastery.

Lesson 5

Concurrency

Explore advanced Rust with smart pointers, closures, multithreading, message passing, and asynchronous programming. Test skills with exercises and a comprehensive quiz.

Lesson 6 • Project

Building a Game Engine with Rust from the Ground Up

In this project, you'll apply your Rust skills to build a basic game engine from scratch.

Taught By The Best

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Danilo Chiarlone

Software Engineer at Microsoft

Danilo (Dan) Chiarlone works at Microsoft, where he uses Rust to increase WebAssembly's security through hardware virtualization to enable the next wave of serverless and edge computing applications. Dan is also a passionate educator, offering free lessons on Rust and WebAssembly through his YouTube channel and delivering multiple presentations at events such as CloudNative Rejekts, WasmCon, and RustGlobal.

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Demonstrate proficiency with practical projects

Projects are based on real-world scenarios and challenges, allowing you to apply the skills you learn to practical situations, while giving you real hands-on experience.

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Reviewers provide timely and constructive feedback on your project submissions, highlighting areas of improvement and offering practical tips to enhance your work.

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About Introduction to Rust

Learn Rust from scratch and master efficient, scalable application development. This course covers Rust's Ownership Model, advanced features like smart pointers, multithreading, and asynchronous programming. Gain hands-on experience with quizzes and practical exercises to build your skills in Rust programming.

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