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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

This chapter focuses on epoll, which is specific to Linux. Unfortunately, epoll is not part of the Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX) standard, so this example will require you to run Linux and won’t work with macOS, BSD, or Windows operating systems.

If you’re on a machine running Linux, you’re already set and can run the examples without any further steps.

If you’re on Windows, my recommendation is to set up WSL (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install), if you haven’t already, and install Rust on the Linux operating system running on WSL.

If you’re using Mac, you can create a virtual machine (VM) running Linux, for example, by using the QEMU-based UTM application (https://mac.getutm.app/) or any other solution for managing VMs on a Mac.

A last option is to rent a Linux server (there are even some providers with a free layer), install Rust, and either use an editor such as Vim or Emacs...