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Asynchronous Programming in Rust

By : Carl Fredrik Samson
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Book Image

Asynchronous Programming in Rust

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By: Carl Fredrik Samson

Overview of this book

Step into the world of asynchronous programming with confidence by conquering the challenges of unclear concepts with this hands-on guide. Using functional examples, this book simplifies the trickiest concepts, exploring goroutines, fibers, futures, and callbacks to help you navigate the vast Rust async ecosystem with ease. You’ll start by building a solid foundation in asynchronous programming and explore diverse strategies for modeling program flow. The book then guides you through concepts like epoll, coroutines, green threads, and callbacks using practical examples. The final section focuses on Rust, examining futures, generators, and the reactor-executor pattern. You’ll apply your knowledge to create your own runtime, solidifying expertise in this dynamic domain. Throughout the book, you’ll not only gain proficiency in Rust's async features but also see how Rust models asynchronous program flow. By the end of the book, you'll possess the knowledge and practical skills needed to actively contribute to the Rust async ecosystem.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
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Part 1:Asynchronous Programming Fundamentals
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Part 2:Event Queues and Green Threads
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Part 3:Futures and async/await in Rust

Technical requirements

The examples in this chapter will build on the code from the last chapter, so the requirements are the same. The example is cross-platform and will work on all platforms that Rust (https://doc.rust-lang.org/beta/rustc/platform-support.html#tier-1-with-host-tools) and mio (https://github.com/tokio-rs/mio#platforms) support.

The only thing you need is Rust installed and the book’s repository downloaded locally. All the code in this chapter can be found in the ch10 folder.

We’ll use delayserver in this example as well, so you need to open a separate terminal, enter the delayserver folder at the root of the repository, and type cargo run so it’s ready and available for the examples going forward.

Remember to change the ports in the code if for some reason you have to change what port delayserver listens on.

Creating our own runtime with futures and async/await

Okay, so we’re in the home stretch; the last thing we’ll...