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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)
Free Chapter
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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

Who this book is for

This book is for developers with some prior programming experience who want to learn asynchronous programming from the ground up so they can be proficient in async Rust and be able to participate in technical discussions on the subject. The book is perfect for those who like writing working examples they can pick apart, expand, and experiment with.
There are two kinds of personas that I feel this book is especially relevant to:

  • Developers coming from higher-level languages with a garbage collector, interpreter, or runtime, such as C#, Java, JavaScript, Python, Ruby, Swift, or Go. Programmers who have extensive experience with asynchronous programming in any of these languages but want to learn it from the ground up and programmers with no experience with asynchronous programming should both find this book equally useful.
  • Developers with experience in languages such as C or C++ that have limited experience with asynchronous programming.