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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

The future of asynchronous Rust

Some of the things that make async Rust different from other languages are unavoidable. Asynchronous Rust is very efficient, has low latency, and is backed by a very strong type system due to how the language is designed and its core values.

However, much of the perceived complexity today has more to do with the ecosystem and the kind of issues that result from a lot of programmers having to agree on the best way to solve different problems without any formal structure. The ecosystem gets fragmented for a while, and together with the fact that asynchronous programming is a topic that’s difficult for a lot of programmers, it ends up adding to the cognitive load associated with asynchronous Rust.

All the issues and pain points I’ve mentioned in this chapter are constantly getting better. Some points that would have been on this list a few years ago are not even worth mentioning today.

More and more common traits and abstractions...