Speed Up Your Python with Rust

Chapter 1: An Introduction to Rust from a Python Perspective

Due to its speed and safety, it is no surprise that Rust is the new language gaining in popularity. However, with success comes criticism. Despite Rust's popularity as an impressive language, it has also gained the label of being hard to learn, an idea which isn't quite grounded in reality.

In this chapter, we will cover all of Rust's quirks that will be new to a Python developer. If Python is your main language, concepts such as basic memory management and typing can initially slow down your ability to quickly write productive Rust code due to the compiler failing to compile the code. However, this can quickly be overcome by learning the rules around Rust features, such as variable ...