rust.md

rust

https://www.rust-lang.org/

features

• traits (interfaces), enums (abstract data types), generics
• pattern matching and destructuring
• memory safety, no nulls, smart pointers, borrow-checking, raii
• not garbage collected

getting started

https://www.rust-lang.org/learn/get-started

run code in the browser

https://play.rust-lang.org/

installing & running locally

• install locally: curl https://sh.rustup.rs -sSf | sh
• create new project: cargo new hello-rust
• edit edit edit: vim src/main.rs
• run code: cargo run

learning

rust book

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

rust by example book

https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/rust-by-example/

rustlings: small exercises

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

• install: curl -L https://git.io/rustlings | bash
• run verifier, auto runs tests as you edit exercises: rustlings watch
• edit exercises: `vim exercises/exercise/mentioned/in/rustlings/watch/above'

etc

• some design patterns: https://github.com/rust-unofficial/patterns
• learn rust with entirely too many linked lists: https://rust-unofficial.github.io/too-many-lists/
• writing a compiler in rust: http://thume.ca/2019/04/18/writing-a-compiler-in-rust/
• a rustconf talk about game programming: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKLntZcp27M

some projects

• rust compiler: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust
• servo (mozilla's next-gen browser engine): https://github.com/servo/servo
• xi-editor: https://github.com/xi-editor/xi-editor
• amethyst game engine: https://github.com/amethyst/amethyst
• rocket web framework: https://github.com/SergioBenitez/Rocket
• libra: https://github.com/libra/libra