Rust Essentials - Second Edition

What this book covers

Chapter 1, Starting with Rust, discusses the main reasons that led to the development of Rust. We compare Rust with other languages and indicate the areas for which it is most appropriate. Then, we guide you through installing all the necessary components for a Rust development environment. In particular, you will learn how to work with Cargo, Rust’s package manager.

Chapter 2, Using Variables and Types, looks at the basic structure of a Rust program. We discuss the primitive types, how to declare variables and whether they have to be typed, and the scope of variables. Immutability, one of the key cornerstones of Rust’s safety strategy is also illustrated. Then, we look at basic operations, how to do formatted printing, ...