Asynchronous Programming in Rust

Get a fundamental understanding of asynchronous programming and Rust's futures by working through examples that show you how everything really works

Book Description
Step into the world of asynchronous programming with confidence by conquering the challenges of unclear concepts with this hands-on guide. Using functional examples, this book simplifies the trickiest concepts, exploring goroutines, fibers, futures, and callbacks to help you navigate the vast Rust async ecosystem with ease. You’ll start by building a solid foundation in asynchronous programming and explore diverse strategies for modeling program flow. The book then guides you through concepts like epoll, coroutines, green threads, and callbacks using practical examples. The final section focuses on Rust, examining futures, generators, and the reactor-executor pattern. You’ll apply your knowledge to create your own runtime, solidifying expertise in this dynamic domain. Throughout the book, you’ll not only gain proficiency in Rust's async features but also see how Rust models asynchronous program flow. By the end of the book, you'll possess the knowledge and practical skills needed to actively contribute to the Rust async ecosystem.

Table of Contents
Part 1:Asynchronous Programming Fundamentals
Chapter 1: Concurrency and Asynchronous Programming: a Detailed Overview
Chapter 2: How Programming Languages Model Asynchronous Program Flow
Chapter 3: Understanding OS-Backed Event Queues, System Calls, and Cross-Platform Abstractions
Part 2:Event Queues and Green Threads
Chapter 4: Create Your Own Event Queue
Chapter 5: Creating Our Own Fibers
Part 3:Futures and async/await in Rust
Chapter 6: Futures in Rust
Chapter 7: Coroutines and async/await
Chapter 8: Runtimes, Wakers, and the Reactor-Executor Pattern
Chapter 9: Coroutines, Self-Referential Structs, and Pinning
Chapter 10: Creating Your Own Runtime
Index
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Authors
Carl Fredrik Samson is a popular technology writer and has been active in the Rust community since 2018. He has an MSc in Business Administration where he specialized in strategy and finance. When not writing, he's a father of two children and a CEO of a company with 300 employees. He's been interested in different kinds of technologies his whole life and his programming experience ranges from programming against old IBM mainframes to modern cloud computing, using everything from assembly to Visual Basic for Applications. He has contributed to several open source projects including the official documentation for asynchronous Rust.