An Introduction to the Rust Programming Language

Logan Keenan

A Brief History

• Started by Graydon Hoare
• Adopted by Mozilla
• 1.0 release in 2015

What is Rust and how is it different?

• All purpose modern programming language
• Zero-cost abstractions
• Fast
  • No Runtime
  • No Garbage collector
• Safe
  • Memory safe
  • Thread safe
• Interoperable
  • C/C++, Swift, Java, Ruby, Erlang, Node.js, etc...

Downsides

• Steep learning curve
• Long compile times

Getting Started

• Install Rust
• "Ownership"
• Structs & Traits

Resources

• Free Book: The Rust Programming Language
• YouTube: Jon Gjengset
• YouTube: Ryan Levick
• Rust By Example
• Rust libraries for web development arewewebyet.org
• Mailing List: This Week in Rust
• Awesome List: Awesome Rust