Intermediate Rust: Level Up With 50 Crates & Libraries

Learn and Utilize Rust’s Most Powerful Libraries for Real-World Development

What you'll learn

Learn and utilize 50 essential Rust crates for practical development.

Master key Rust libraries in areas like async programming, databases, web development, and serialization.

Understand error handling, performance optimization, and best practices to build efficient, safe Rust applications.

Gain the ability to select and integrate crates effectively for real-world, production-level development.

Requirements

Basic understanding of Rust syntax and programming concepts is recommended.

A willingness to explore external libraries and improve Rust development efficiency.

Description

Have you heard of crates?  In Rust, external libraries called "crates" can significantly enhance development speed and efficiency.  Rust’s ecosystem is built on a vast collection of powerful crates, enabling developers to create efficient, scalable, and high-performance applications.  This course introduces 50 essential Rust crates frequently used in professional development.  Each crate is explained with practical coding examples to ensure you understand how to apply them effectively.  Beyond just learning APIs, we dive into real-world applications, performance optimization techniques, and best practices for integrating crates into your projects.  We cover a wide range of topics, including asynchronous programming, web development, database operations, error handling, serialization,  system tool development, and utility functions, equipping you with the knowledge to work across multiple technical domains.  Some of the key crates covered in this course include:  - Tokio (Asynchronous Basics & Advanced): Learn the fundamentals and advanced techniques of Rust's powerful asynchronous runtime for efficient concurrent processing.  - serde_json (Working with JSON Data): Master serialization and deserialization to effectively use JSON with Rust applications.  - chrono (Date & Time Handling): Perform time calculations, format conversions, and manage time zones in Rust programs.  - rand (Random Number Generation): Generate random numbers for gaming, statistical analysis, cryptography, and more.  - thiserror (Error Handling): Implement structured and maintainable error handling strategies in Rust applications.  The goal of this course is to ensure you can practically utilize these crates in real-world projects.  You won’t just memorize APIs—you’ll learn how to choose the right crate for your needs, integrate it effectively, and use it efficiently.  Each module presents real-world scenarios, demonstrating how to incorporate these libraries into actual projects, strengthening your development skills.  By the end of this course, you will have the expertise to leverage Rust's major crates and build production-ready applications.  You will also develop the ability to identify and apply the best crates for different challenges, streamlining your development process.  Let’s take full advantage of Rust’s ecosystem and start creating more powerful applications today! 

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 What is Replit?

Lecture 2 tokio–Asynchronous Basics and Advanced

Lecture 3 chrono - Basic and Advanced Usage

Lecture 4 rand - Random Number Generation

Lecture 5 serde_json – Basics and Advanced Usage

Lecture 6 pin-project – Basic and Advanced Use

Lecture 7 async-trait - Basics and Application

Lecture 8 thiserror - Error Handling in Rust

Lecture 9 failure - Rust Error Handling Library

Lecture 10 walkdir – Directory Traversal in Rust

Lecture 11 hex - Basics and Usage

Lecture 12 once_cell - Basic and Advanced Usage

Lecture 13 jwalk – Walk Through File Paths

Lecture 14 crossterm - Basic and Advanced Usage

Lecture 15 serde_yaml - Basics and Advanced Usage

Lecture 16 Prometheus – Introduction and Application

Section 2: Beginner

Lecture 17 prettytable - Simple Table Display

Lecture 18 libc – Basic and Advanced Usage

Lecture 19 lazy_static – Simple and Efficient Static Variables

Lecture 20 num – Basic and Advanced Usage

Lecture 21 sqlparser – SQL Parsing Made Easy

Lecture 22 futures-executor - Basics and Advanced Usage

Lecture 23 tokio-macros – Basics and Advanced Usage

Lecture 24 nalgebra – Basic Linear Algebra in Rust

Lecture 25 peeking – Simple Lookahead in Iterators

Lecture 26 toml_edit – Basic & Advanced Usage

Lecture 27 actix-rt – Introduction to Actix RT

Lecture 28 image - Basic Example

Lecture 29 futures-channel – Asynchronous Communication Simplified

Lecture 30 futures-core - Basics and Advanced Usage

Section 3: Intermediate

Lecture 31 arrow – Date and Time Made Easy

Lecture 32 heapless – Lightweight Containers for Embedded Systems

Lecture 33 assert_cmd - Basic and Advanced Usage

Lecture 34 pin-utils – Simplify Pinning in Rust

Lecture 35 instant - Introduction to Instant

Lecture 36 time – Introduction and Advanced Usage

Lecture 37 crossbeam-utils – Basic and Advanced Usage

Lecture 38 crossterm_terminal - Basic and Advanced Usage

Lecture 39 bytes - Basics and Advanced Usage

Lecture 40 rmp-serde – Serialization with rmp-serde

Lecture 41 pin-project-lite - Lightweight Pinning for Rust

Lecture 42 clippy – Rust Linter

Lecture 43 serde_urlencoded – Basics and Advanced Use

Lecture 44 user-error – Basic and Advanced Usage

Section 4: Advanced

Lecture 45 ndarray - Basics and Advanced Usage

Lecture 46 chrono-tz – Working with Time Zones

Lecture 47 rust-analyzer – Intro and Advanced Usage

Lecture 48 tokio-timer – Basic & Advanced Usage

Lecture 49 rand - Random Numbers

Lecture 50 envvar - Environment Variables in Rust

Lecture 51 tracing – Lightweight Logging and Instrumentation

Lecture 52 tokio-futures: Basics and Advanced Use

Lecture 53 Bytecode Basics

Lecture 54 tokio-timer-utils - Timer Utilities with Tokio

Lecture 55 num_cpus - Detect CPU Cores

Developers who want to enhance their Rust skills and improve coding efficiency with external libraries.,Programmers looking to apply Rust’s ecosystem in practical projects and real-world applications.