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Asynchronous Programming in Rust

By : Carl Fredrik Samson
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Book Image

Asynchronous Programming in Rust

5 (2)
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

Experimenting with our runtime

Note

You’ll find this example in the book’s repository in the ch10/b-rust-futures-experiments folder. The different experiments will be implemented as different versions of the async_main function numbered chronologically. I’ll indicate which function corresponds with which function in the repository example in the heading of the code snippet.

Before we start experimenting, let’s copy everything we have now to a new folder:

  1. Create a new folder called b-rust-futures-experiments.
  2. Copy everything from the a-rust-futures folder to the new folder.
  3. Open Cargo.toml and change the name attribute to b-rust-futures-experiments.

The first experiment will be to exchange our very limited HTTP client with a proper one.

The easiest way to do that is to simply pick another production-quality HTTP client library that supports async Rust and use that instead.

So, when trying to find a suitable replacement for...