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Hands-On Data Structures and Algorithms with Rust

By : Claus Matzinger
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Hands-On Data Structures and Algorithms with Rust

By: Claus Matzinger

Overview of this book

Rust has come a long way and is now utilized in several contexts. Its key strengths are its software infrastructure and resource-constrained applications, including desktop applications, servers, and performance-critical applications, not forgetting its importance in systems' programming. This book will be your guide as it takes you through implementing classic data structures and algorithms in Rust, helping you to get up and running as a confident Rust programmer. The book begins with an introduction to Rust data structures and algorithms, while also covering essential language constructs. You will learn how to store data using linked lists, arrays, stacks, and queues. You will also learn how to implement sorting and searching algorithms. You will learn how to attain high performance by implementing algorithms to string data types and implement hash structures in algorithm design. The book will examine algorithm analysis, including Brute Force algorithms, Greedy algorithms, Divide and Conquer algorithms, Dynamic Programming, and Backtracking. By the end of the book, you will have learned how to build components that are easy to understand, debug, and use in different applications.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)

Who this book is for

Rust has great tutorials for learning the fundamentals of the language. There are workshops at every conference, regular meetups in many cities, and a very helpful online community. However, many developers find themselves beyond these resources but still don't feel ready for more complex solutions. Especially coming from different backgrounds with years of experience, the transition can be daunting: examples on the one side feature some type of a "Hello World!" program; on the other side, there are huge Rust open source projects with thousands of lines of code – impossible to learn from quickly. If you feel like this, then this book is for you.