Rustlings VS book

Rustlings - Small exercises to get you used to reading and writing Rust code

Recently I got this obsession to learn Rust. While there are plenty of documentation around, like Rust Book, some good published books, tutorials, rustling, I always struggle to learn something when I am not doing something practical, so I have decided to go to my comfort zone and write a Kubernetes Controller using kube-rs.

Finish again the rustlings.

I’ve been meaning to do this for years, and just played around with rust a bit (liked it, but the wrappers around some c++ stuff i wanted to use were half baked). Learning rust, there was this “rustlings” thing [0] that was a set of guided exercises to go alongside the rust book. Fastest I’ve ever picked up a language, thanks to that. Do you or anyone know anything similar for c++?

[0] https://rustlings.cool/

Rustlings

It is becoming more and more applicapible to the Web... Servers and clients with #wasm, you can actually natively import a rust module into node.js for extra threads or heavy lifting. Start learning!

Practice with "Rust by Example" and "Rustlings"

Surprised no one has mentioned another great and similar resource called Rustlings [0] (yes very punny name). You are given some files with todo statements which you'll need to fix and make the code compile and pass all the tests. It's an interactive way to learn which is what got me through learning Rust a few years ago.

[0] https://github.com/rust-lang/rustlings

Zed is great, have been using it to do the Rustlings exercises and learn Rust:

https://github.com/rust-lang/rustlings

If you've been looking for an excuse to learn Rust, check it out.

Rust Book

The Rust Book - Comprehensive guide to the language

Recently I got this obsession to learn Rust. While there are plenty of documentation around, like Rust Book, some good published books, tutorials, rustling, I always struggle to learn something when I am not doing something practical, so I have decided to go to my comfort zone and write a Kubernetes Controller using kube-rs.

My knowledge of Rust is rudimentary at best - if you asked me a week ago I would've told you it was nonexistent. When I started working on this my immediate thought process was to go and "learn Rust" - as in go read the Rust book. I was in the middle of reading what an integer was when I realized it probably wasn't the best use of my time.

The Rise of Go and Rust: For those looking at future coding languages 2025, Go and Rust are getting a lot of attention. Go, made by Google, is known for its speed and ability to handle many tasks at once, which makes it great for cloud work. Rust, on the other hand, is praised for its focus on preventing memory mistakes and for being very fast, making it a top choice for low-level programming. Both are becoming more popular, as seen in Google searches and industry surveys. Actionable Tip: Start by writing a few simple programs in Go or Rust. The Go documentation and Rust Book have easy-to-follow lessons that build your skills step by step.

Finish again The Book.

Rust was all the hype, and I gave it a try. I read the Rust book and created some small programs. I enjoyed the type system, iterators and borrow checker. But I got lost in macros. To me, a program's code should be as explicit as possible.

Link: https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/

The Rust Book

In this article, I’ve hopefully given you some foundational breadcrumbs in the Rust language. Take these and go off to do your reading, research, and practice. As always, I recommend The Rust Programming Language for further reading and detail.