Mastering Rust Programming: A Complete Beginner'S Guide To R

Learn Rust from Scratch and Acquire Practical Programming Skills for Beginners

What you'll learn

Understand the basic syntax of Rust and programming fundamentals, enabling you to create simple applications.

Gain a deep understanding of Rust’s ownership and borrowing concepts, and develop skills to write efficient and safe code.

Learn error handling, data types, and control flow to enhance your programming skills and move towards more advanced techniques.

Through hands-on projects, understand the basic flow of system development using Rust and build your problem-solving abilities.

Requirements

No special prior knowledge is required, though it’s beneficial if you are a beginner in programming. Basic computer skills are recommended.

No special preparation is needed if you have a setup to run programs on your computer. We will guide you through installing Rust in the course.

Description

Rust is a modern systems programming language that excels in speed, safety, and concurrency. In this course, you will start from scratch and learn how to program in Rust, covering everything from the basics to building functional applications. By mastering Rust, you’ll gain one of the most in-demand skills in the world of systems programming, empowering you to tackle complex projects and make valuable contributions to performance-critical applications.This course is specifically designed for beginners, guiding you through the fundamental syntax of Rust and core concepts like variables, control flow, functions, structs, enums, error handling, and more. Additionally, we will take a deep dive into Rust's unique features, including **Ownership** and **Borrowing**, which are central to Rust’s memory safety model. By mastering these concepts, you'll gain a deep understanding of safe memory management and the ability to write more efficient and error-free code.Throughout the course, you will engage with practical projects that allow you to apply what you’ve learned in real-world scenarios. As you work through each project, you will gain hands-on experience with Rust's powerful features, such as writing efficient code, managing errors, and developing systems. By writing code and solving problems, you will experience firsthand how Rust can elevate your programming abilities and help you become a more confident, effective developer.By the end of this course, you will have a solid foundation in basic systems programming with Rust. You will also have a deeper understanding of how high-performance programming languages work, making it easier for you to learn other languages in the future. Whether you want to develop systems, write software with optimal performance, or simply gain a valuable skill, this course will set you on the right path.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Understanding Variables: Declaring and Using Numbers

Lecture 2 Working with Strings: Basic Operations

Lecture 3 Writing Your First Print Statement

Lecture 4 Exploring Basic Data Types

Lecture 5 Adding Else Statements for Alternate Paths

Lecture 6 Chaining Conditions with Else If

Lecture 7 Iterating with Loops: The For Loop

Lecture 8 While Loops: Repeating Until a Condition is Met

Lecture 9 Breaking Out of Loops

Lecture 10 Skipping Iterations with Continue

Lecture 11 Creating and Using Functions

Lecture 12 Returning Values from Functions

Lecture 13 Nested Loops for Advanced Iterations

Lecture 14 Working with Arrays: Storing Multiple Values

Lecture 15 Accessing Array Elements

Section 2: Beginner

Lecture 16 Using Loops to Process Arrays

Lecture 17 Understanding Tuples: Grouping Values

Lecture 18 Using Enums to Define Fixed Options

Lecture 19 Simple Pattern Matching with Enums

Lecture 20 Working with Match Statements

Lecture 21 Creating and Using Struct Instances

Lecture 22 Implementing Methods for Structs

Lecture 23 Understanding Ownership: Moving Values

Lecture 24 Borrowing References with Functions

Lecture 25 Understanding Mutability in References

Lecture 26 Using Vectors for Dynamic Arrays

Lecture 27 Adding and Removing Elements in Vectors

Lecture 28 Iterating Over Vectors in Rust

Lecture 29 Inserting and Retrieving Hash Map Values

Lecture 30 Handling Missing Values in Hash Maps

Section 3: Intermediate

Lecture 31 Defining and Using Constants

Lecture 32 Implementing Basic Error Handling with Result

Lecture 33 Using Option for Optional Values

Lecture 34 Creating and Using Modules

Lecture 35 Importing Functions from Other Modules

Lecture 36 Appending Data to Files

Lecture 37 Working with Command-Line Arguments

Lecture 38 Parsing Numbers from Strings

Lecture 39 Creating and Manipulating Strings

Lecture 40 Using String Slices for Efficient Operations

Lecture 41 Using the Debug Trait to Print Custom Types

Lecture 42 Implementing Display for Custom Output

Lecture 43 Writing Unit Tests for Your Code

Lecture 44 Asserting Conditions in Tests

Lecture 45 Understanding Ownership Rules in Loops

Section 4: Advanced

Lecture 46 Creating Recursive Functions

Lecture 47 Using Box for Heap Allocation

Lecture 48 Creating Simple Closures

Lecture 49 Passing Closures to Functions

Lecture 50 Capturing Environment in Closures

Lecture 51 Using Iterators to Process Collections

Lecture 52 Chaining Iterator Methods for Transformation

Lecture 53 Filtering and Collecting Iterators

Lecture 54 Using Map to Transform Values

Lecture 55 Creating a Basic Struct for Point Geometry

Lecture 56 Using Mutex to Protect Shared Data

Lecture 57 Splitting Strings into Words

Lecture 58 Tracking Scores in a Game Using Structs

Lecture 59 Drawing a Simple Shape with Loops

Lecture 60 Calculating the Fibonacci Sequence

Lecture 61 Using Basic Matrix Operations

This course is ideal for beginners who are interested in learning Rust and want to dive into systems programming. It is also valuable for anyone interested in system development.,This course is perfect for those with an engineering background who want to improve their programming skills using Rust.