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The Rust Programming Handbook

The Rust Programming Handbook

By : Francesco Ciulla
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The Rust Programming Handbook

The Rust Programming Handbook

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Overview of this book

The Rust Programming Handbook is a deeply engaging and meticulously crafted book designed to immerse programmers into the intricate world of Rust’s core principles and sophisticated features. This book not only enhances your coding skills but also prepares you to tackle complex challenges in software development, optimizing your code for better performance and reliability. You will explore Rust’s powerful concurrency models, rigorous memory safety guarantees, and its versatile trait system. Discover the foundational elements that make Rust a standout language for developing safe and efficient applications. The book will show you how these core principles can seamlessly transition into real-world applications. You will learn how to apply Rust's capabilities to systems programming and web development, extending the reach of its safety and efficiency benefits across different programming domains. Whether it's creating low-level system components or high-performance web services, the book provides practical examples to integrate Rust effectively into a variety of projects. Elevate your coding skills and become a sought-after professional in the tech industry with this essential guide. Rust from Beginner to Professional is your definitive toolkit for mastering advanced Rust programming techniques and writing high-quality code.
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Preface
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Preface
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Who this book is for
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What this book covers
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Getting Started with Rust
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Getting Started with Rust
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Technical requirements
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What is Rust?
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Installation and Hello World
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Using Cargo and Crates.io
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Your first real Rust program: a CLI calculator
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Functions
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Summary
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Questions
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Rust Syntax and Functions
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Rust Syntax and Functions
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Variable declarations and mutability
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Data types and structures
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Functions in Rust
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Control flow constructs
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Understanding Rust’s approach to error handling
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Summary
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Questions and assignments
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Functions in Rust
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Functions in Rust
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Importance of understanding functions
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Function syntax and best practices
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Function ownership and borrowing
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Advanced function features
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Summary
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Ownership, Borrowing, and References
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Ownership, Borrowing, and References
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Objective
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What is ownership?
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Moving ownership
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Ownership and functions
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Borrowing and references
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Common patterns and idioms in Rust: Ownership, borrowing, and references
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Pitfalls and how to avoid them
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Summary
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Questions and assignments
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Composite Types in Rust and the Module System
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Composite Types in Rust and the Module System
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Structs: Named-field collections
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Enums: One of several possibilities
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Tuples: simple ordered groups
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Tuples: summary
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Using structs, enums, and tuples together
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Managing complexity with the module system
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Summary
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Questions and assignments
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Introduction to Error Handling
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Introduction to Error Handling
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Why error handling matters
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Rust’s approach to errors
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Core tools: Result and Option
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Introduction to Result and Option
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Handling Result and Option (unwrapping and alternatives)
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Propagating errors with ?
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Custom error types
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Simplifying custom errors with thiserror and anyhow
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Logging errors
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Practical examples and error handling best practices
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Summary
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Questions and assignments
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Polymorphism and Lifetimes
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Polymorphism and Lifetimes
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Ad hoc polymorphism: defining behavior with traits
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Parametric polymorphism: abstracting with generics
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Lifetimes: polymorphism for scope
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Applied polymorphism: a project
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Questions and assignment
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Object-Oriented Programming in Rust
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Object-Oriented Programming in Rust
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Understanding OOP principles
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How Rust approaches OOP differently
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Object-oriented design patterns in Rust
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Thinking Functionally in Rust
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Thinking Functionally in Rust
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Rust and functional programming
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Iterators: Processing sequences lazily
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Iterator adapters: Transforming sequences
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Closures: Capturing the environment
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Pattern matching
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Questions and assignments
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Testing in Rust
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Testing in Rust
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Why bother with testing?
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Types of tests in Rust’s ecosystem
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Unit tests: The building blocks
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Integration tests: Checking how parts fit together
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Documentation tests: Keeping examples correct
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A brief look at Test-Driven Development (TDD)
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Isolating tests with test doubles (mocks and stubs)
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Best practices for writing good tests
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Questions and assignment
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Smart Pointers and Memory Management
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Smart Pointers and Memory Management
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What are smart pointers, anyway?
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Box: pointing to heap-allocated data
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Sharing data safely: Rc and Arc
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Interior mutability: modifying data through shared references
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Working effectively with smart pointers
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Summary
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Questions and assignments
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Managing System Resources
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Managing System Resources
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Working with files in Rust (file I/O)
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Network programming essentials in Rust
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Ensuring robust and secure network applications
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Best practices for system resource management
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Real-world scenarios and examples
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Questions and assignments
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Concurrency and Parallelism
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Concurrency and Parallelism
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What are concurrency and parallelism?
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Creating and managing threads
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Sharing data safely between threads
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Message passing: Communicating between threads
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A glimpse into asynchronous programming with async/await
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Best practices for concurrent Rust
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Summary
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Questions and assignment
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Rust for Web Development: Building Full-Stack Applications
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Rust for Web Development: Building Full-Stack Applications
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Core web concepts: a quick refresher
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Getting started with Axum
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Adding persistence with PostgreSQL
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Frontend: WebAssembly
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Questions and assignment
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System Programming in Rust: Concrete Examples
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System Programming in Rust: Concrete Examples
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What defines system programming?
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Low-level programming foundations in Rust
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Building practical command-line utilities
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Interfacing with C code: the Foreign Function Interface (FFI)
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A glimpse into kernel module development with Rust
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Summary
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Questions and assignments
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Dockerization and Deployment of Rust Applications
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Dockerization and Deployment of Rust Applications
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What is Docker? An overview
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Getting started with Docker
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Dockerizing your Rust application
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Optimizing Docker images for Rust
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Managing multi-container apps with Docker Compose
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Deploying Dockerized Rust applications
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Summary
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Congratulations!
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Questions and assignments
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Index
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Getting Started with Rust

Welcome to the realm of Rust programming!

If you’ve found your way here, you’re probably intrigued by Rust’s reputation as a robust, contemporary language specialized in systems programming, focusing on safety, speed, and reliability.

This book is for anyone who wants to learn Rust, from experienced developers looking to expand their skills to beginners exploring new technologies or those who are just curious. In the Stack Overflow 2024 Developer Survey, Rust was voted the “most admired programming language” by ~83% of developers. This is because it offers a rare combination of performance, memory safety, and a strong, welcoming community. It eliminates entire classes of bugs, such as null pointer dereferences and data races, while delivering the speed of a systems language. Learning Rust is a great way to write safer, more efficient code and future-proof your skills.

In this chapter, we start our journey by understanding the essence of Rust programming. We’ll dive deep into the core principles defining Rust and explain why it shines among other programming languages. Rust has some unique features that really make it “special” among other languages. Following that, we’ll set up your development environment together, ensuring you’re fully equipped to dive into Rust coding right away. Finally, we’ll start with the practical side of Rust by walking you through creating your first Rust program. To make it accessible to everyone, we will begin with a simple CLI tool, ensuring you grasp Rust’s fundamental concepts before moving to more advanced projects such as a web server. This structured approach will help you build confidence in Rust step by step.

By the end of this chapter, you’ll have a solid understanding of what makes Rust unique and why so many developers appreciate it. You’ll get familiar with its core principles and how it differs from other programming languages. This foundation will give you the confidence to start exploring Rust and writing your first programs.

Let’s get started!

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