The RAM in your computer is a limited resource and is shared by all running programs. It's a necessity that when a program is done executing its instructions, it is expected to release any memory used so that the OS can reclaim it and hand it to other processes. When we talk about memory management, a prominent aspect we care about is the reclamation of used memory and how that happens. The level of management required in deallocating used memory is different in different languages. Up until the mid-1990s, the majority of programming languages relied on manual memory management, which required the programmer to call memory allocator APIs such asmalloc
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The Complete Rust Programming Reference Guide
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The Complete Rust Programming Reference Guide
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Overview of this book
Rust is a powerful language with a rare combination of safety, speed, and zero-cost abstractions. This Learning Path is filled with clear and simple explanations of its features along with real-world examples, demonstrating how you can build robust, scalable, and reliable programs.
You’ll get started with an introduction to Rust data structures, algorithms, and essential language constructs. Next, you will understand how to store data using linked lists, arrays, stacks, and queues. You’ll also learn to implement sorting and searching algorithms, such as Brute Force algorithms, Greedy algorithms, Dynamic Programming, and Backtracking. As you progress, you’ll pick up on using Rust for systems programming, network programming, and the web. You’ll then move on to discover a variety of techniques, right from writing memory-safe code, to building idiomatic Rust libraries, and even advanced macros.
By the end of this Learning Path, you’ll be able to implement Rust for enterprise projects, writing better tests and documentation, designing for performance, and creating idiomatic Rust code.
This Learning Path includes content from the following Packt products:
• Mastering Rust - Second Edition by Rahul Sharma and Vesa Kaihlavirta
• Hands-On Data Structures and Algorithms with Rust by Claus Matzinger
Table of Contents (29 chapters)
Title Page
Copyright
About Packt
Contributors
Preface
Free Chapter
Getting Started with Rust
Managing Projects with Cargo
Tests, Documentation, and Benchmarks
Types, Generics, and Traits
Memory Management and Safety
Error Handling
Advanced Concepts
Concurrency
Metaprogramming with Macros
Unsafe Rust and Foreign Function Interfaces
Logging
Network Programming in Rust
Building Web Applications with Rust
Lists, Lists, and More Lists
Robust Trees
Exploring Maps and Sets
Collections in Rust
Algorithm Evaluation
Ordering Things
Finding Stuff
Random and Combinatorial
Algorithms of the Standard Library
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Index
Customer Reviews