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It can be tricky to find learning resources that is perfectly tailored to the exact point we’re you’re standing right now. Especially if you already have prior experience.
But since you’re already familiar with programming, perhaps just dive right in…?
I.e. start a new project in Rust. You could do something like Advent of Code, Project Euler or Cryptopals[0]. Or write a simple webserver or whatever you feel like.
Don’t forget that ChatGPT can be quite useful for stuff like this. You can use it like a mentor. Just ask it anything you want to, make it show you examples (and then more examples) and so on. The answers might not be correct all of the time, but at least it can give you an idea of what docs to read next.
If you’re looking for blog posts, an acquaintance of mine has written some: https://priver.dev/tags/rust/
For more links to code/learning resources, see https://github.com/rust-unofficial/awesome-rust
And if you get stuck you also have the official Rust chats on Zulip/Discord.
HTH. Best of luck!
[0] https://cryptopals.com/
To answer your last question;
Start with the Rust book.
https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/
Then do Rustlings until the syntax becomes muscle memory.
Then join the Discord and start doing little projects.
You won’t get up to the proficiency of other languages as quickly in Rust. It takes longer. For me it’s taking a lot longer, but I enjoy it.