The Rust Programming Language (Covers Rust 2018)


Book Description

The official book on the Rust programming language, written by the Rust development team at the Mozilla Foundation, fully updated for Rust 2018. The Rust Programming Language is the official book on Rust: an open source systems programming language that helps you write faster, more reliable software. Rust offers control over low-level details (such as memory usage) in combination with high-level ergonomics, eliminating the hassle traditionally associated with low-level languages. The authors of The Rust Programming Language, members of the Rust Core Team, share their knowledge and experience to show you how to take full advantage of Rust's features--from installation to creating robust and scalable programs. You'll begin with basics like creating functions, choosing data types, and binding variables and then move on to more advanced concepts, such as: Ownership and borrowing, lifetimes, and traits Using Rust's memory safety guarantees to build fast, safe programs Testing, error handling, and effective refactoring Generics, smart pointers, multithreading, trait objects, and advanced pattern matching Using Cargo, Rust's built-in package manager, to build, test, and document your code and manage dependencies How best to use Rust's advanced compiler with compiler-led programming techniques You'll find plenty of code examples throughout the book, as well as three chapters dedicated to building complete projects to test your learning: a number guessing game, a Rust implementation of a command line tool, and a multithreaded server. New to this edition: An extended section on Rust macros, an expanded chapter on modules, and appendixes on Rust development tools and editions.




Rust for Rustaceans


Book Description

Master professional-level coding in Rust. For developers who’ve mastered the basics, this book is the next step on your way to professional-level programming in Rust. It covers everything you need to build and maintain larger code bases, write powerful and flexible applications and libraries, and confidently expand the scope and complexity of your projects. Author Jon Gjengset takes you deep into the Rust programming language, dissecting core topics like ownership, traits, concurrency, and unsafe code. You’ll explore key concepts like type layout and trait coherence, delve into the inner workings of concurrent programming and asynchrony with async/await, and take a tour of the world of no_std programming. Gjengset also provides expert guidance on API design, testing strategies, and error handling, and will help develop your understanding of foreign function interfaces, object safety, procedural macros, and much more. You'll Learn: How to design reliable, idiomatic, and ergonomic Rust programs based on best principles Effective use of declarative and procedural macros, and the difference between them How asynchrony works in Rust – all the way from the Pin and Waker types used in manual implementations of Futures, to how async/await saves you from thinking about most of those words What it means for code to be unsafe, and best practices for writing and interacting with unsafe functions and traits How to organize and configure more complex Rust projects so that they integrate nicely with the rest of the ecosystem How to write Rust code that can interoperate with non-Rust libraries and systems, or run in constrained and embedded environments Brimming with practical, pragmatic insights that you can immediately apply, Rust for Rustaceans helps you do more with Rust, while also teaching you its underlying mechanisms.




Ultimate Rust for Systems Programming


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Building Tomorrow's Systems Today the Rust Way KEY FEATURES ● Learn how to use Rust libraries effectively for various applications and projects. ● Go from basics to advanced system-building skills for stronger and reliable outcomes. ● Secure your Rust applications confidently with expert tips for enhanced protection. DESCRIPTION This book is your guide to mastering Rust programming, equipping you with essential skills and insights for efficient system programming. It starts by introducing Rust's significance in the system programming domain and highlighting its advantages over traditional languages like C/C++. You'll then embark on a practical journey, setting up Rust on various platforms and configuring the development environment. From writing your first "Hello, World!" program to harness the power of Rust's package manager, Cargo, the book ensures a smooth initiation into the language. Delving deeper, the book covers foundational concepts, including variables, data types, control flow, functions, closures, and crucial memory management aspects like ownership, borrowing, and lifetimes. Special attention is given to Rust's strict memory safety guarantees, guiding you in writing secure code with the assistance of the borrow checker. The book extends its reach to Rust collections, error-handling techniques, and the complexities of concurrency management. From threads and synchronization primitives like Mutex and RwLock to asynchronous programming with async/await and the Tokio library, you'll gain a comprehensive understanding of Rust's capabilities. This book covers it all. WHAT WILL YOU LEARN ● Learn how to set up the Rust environment effortlessly, ensuring a streamlined development process. ● Explore advanced concepts in Rust, including traits, generics, and various collection types, expanding your programming expertise. ● Master effective error-handling techniques, empowering you to create custom error types for enhanced code robustness. ● Tackle the complexities of memory management, smart pointers, and delve into the complexities of concurrency in Rust. ● Gain hands-on experience by building command-line utilities, sharpening your practical skills in real-world scenarios. ● Master the use of iterators and closures, ensuring code reliability through comprehensive unit testing practices. WHO IS THIS BOOK FOR? This book is tailored for aspiring programmers, software developers, system engineers, and computer scientists looking to dive into system programming with Rust. It caters to a broad spectrum of individuals and professionals interested in leveraging Rust's power to build robust and efficient applications. While no prior experience with Rust is necessary, a basic understanding of programming concepts and familiarity with at least one programming language would be beneficial. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Systems Programming with Rust 2. Basics of Rust 3. Traits and Generics 4. Rust Built-In Data Structures 5. Error Handling and Recovery 6. Memory Management and Pointers 7. Managing Concurrency 8. Command Line Programs 9. Working with Devices I/O in Rust 10. Iterators and Closures 11. Unit Testing in Rust 12. Network Programming 13. Unsafe Coding in Rust 14. Asynchronous Programming 15. Web Assembly with Rust Index




Rust in Action


Book Description

"This well-written book will help you make the most of what Rust has to offer." - Ramnivas Laddad, author of AspectJ in Action Rust in Action is a hands-on guide to systems programming with Rust. Written for inquisitive programmers, it presents real-world use cases that go far beyond syntax and structure. Summary Rust in Action introduces the Rust programming language by exploring numerous systems programming concepts and techniques. You'll be learning Rust by delving into how computers work under the hood. You'll find yourself playing with persistent storage, memory, networking and even tinkering with CPU instructions. The book takes you through using Rust to extend other applications and teaches you tricks to write blindingly fast code. You'll also discover parallel and concurrent programming. Filled to the brim with real-life use cases and scenarios, you'll go beyond the Rust syntax and see what Rust has to offer in real-world use cases. Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications. About the technology Rust is the perfect language for systems programming. It delivers the low-level power of C along with rock-solid safety features that let you code fearlessly. Ideal for applications requiring concurrency, Rust programs are compact, readable, and blazingly fast. Best of all, Rust’s famously smart compiler helps you avoid even subtle coding errors. About the book Rust in Action is a hands-on guide to systems programming with Rust. Written for inquisitive programmers, it presents real-world use cases that go far beyond syntax and structure. You’ll explore Rust implementations for file manipulation, networking, and kernel-level programming and discover awesome techniques for parallelism and concurrency. Along the way, you’ll master Rust’s unique borrow checker model for memory management without a garbage collector. What's inside Elementary to advanced Rust programming Practical examples from systems programming Command-line, graphical and networked applications About the reader For intermediate programmers. No previous experience with Rust required. About the author Tim McNamara uses Rust to build data processing pipelines and generative art. He is an expert in natural language processing and data engineering. Table of Contents 1 Introducing Rust PART 1 RUST LANGUAGE DISTINCTIVES 2 Language foundations 3 Compound data types 4 Lifetimes, ownership, and borrowing PART 2 DEMYSTIFYING SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING 5 Data in depth 6 Memory 7 Files and storage 8 Networking 9 Time and timekeeping 10 Processes, threads, and containers 11 Kernel 12 Signals, interrupts, and exceptions




Practical System Programming for Rust Developers


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Explore various Rust features, data structures, libraries, and toolchain to build modern systems software with the help of hands-on examples Key FeaturesLearn techniques to design and build system tools and utilities in RustExplore the different features of the Rust standard library for interacting with operating systemsGain an in-depth understanding of the Rust programming language by writing low-level softwareBook Description Modern programming languages such as Python, JavaScript, and Java have become increasingly accepted for application-level programming, but for systems programming, C and C++ are predominantly used due to the need for low-level control of system resources. Rust promises the best of both worlds: the type safety of Java, and the speed and expressiveness of C++, while also including memory safety without a garbage collector. This book is a comprehensive introduction if you’re new to Rust and systems programming and are looking to build reliable and efficient systems software without C or C++. The book takes a unique approach by starting each topic with Linux kernel concepts and APIs relevant to that topic. You’ll also explore how system resources can be controlled from Rust. As you progress, you’ll delve into advanced topics. You’ll cover network programming, focusing on aspects such as working with low-level network primitives and protocols in Rust, before going on to learn how to use and compile Rust with WebAssembly. Later chapters will take you through practical code examples and projects to help you build on your knowledge. By the end of this Rust programming book, you will be equipped with practical skills to write systems software tools, libraries, and utilities in Rust. What you will learnGain a solid understanding of how system resources are managedUse Rust confidently to control and operate a Linux or Unix systemUnderstand how to write a host of practical systems software tools and utilitiesDelve into memory management with the memory layout of Rust programsDiscover the capabilities and features of the Rust Standard LibraryExplore external crates to improve productivity for future Rust programming projectsWho this book is for This book is for developers with basic knowledge of Rust but little to no knowledge or experience of systems programming. System programmers who want to consider Rust as an alternative to C or C++ will also find this book useful.




Programming Rust


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Rust is a new systems programming language that combines the performance and low-level control of C and C++ with memory safety and thread safety. Rust’s modern, flexible types ensure your program is free of null pointer dereferences, double frees, dangling pointers, and similar bugs, all at compile time, without runtime overhead. In multi-threaded code, Rust catches data races at compile time, making concurrency much easier to use. Written by two experienced systems programmers, this book explains how Rust manages to bridge the gap between performance and safety, and how you can take advantage of it. Topics include: How Rust represents values in memory (with diagrams) Complete explanations of ownership, moves, borrows, and lifetimes Cargo, rustdoc, unit tests, and how to publish your code on crates.io, Rust’s public package repository High-level features like generic code, closures, collections, and iterators that make Rust productive and flexible Concurrency in Rust: threads, mutexes, channels, and atomics, all much safer to use than in C or C++ Unsafe code, and how to preserve the integrity of ordinary code that uses it Extended examples illustrating how pieces of the language fit together




Programming Rust


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Systems programming provides the foundation for the world's computation. Writing performance-sensitive code requires a programming language that puts programmers in control of how memory, processor time, and other system resources are used. The Rust systems programming language combines that control with a modern type system that catches broad classes of common mistakes, from memory management errors to data races between threads. With this practical guide, experienced systems programmers will learn how to successfully bridge the gap between performance and safety using Rust. Jim Blandy, Jason Orendorff, and Leonora Tindall demonstrate how Rust's features put programmers in control over memory consumption and processor use by combining predictable performance with memory safety and trustworthy concurrency. You'll learn: Rust's fundamental data types and the core concepts of ownership and borrowing How to write flexible, efficient code with traits and generics How to write fast, multithreaded code without data races Rust's key power tools: closures, iterators, and asynchronous programming Collections, strings and text, input and output, macros, unsafe code, and foreign function interfaces This revised, updated edition covers the Rust 2021 Edition.




Network Programming with Rust


Book Description

Learn to write servers and network clients using Rust’s low-level socket classes with this guide Key Features Build a solid foundation in Rust while also mastering important network programming details Leverage the power of a number of available libraries to perform network operations in Rust Develop a fully functional web server to gain the skills you need, fast Book Description Rust is low-level enough to provide fine-grained control over memory while providing safety through compile-time validation. This makes it uniquely suitable for writing low-level networking applications. This book is divided into three main parts that will take you on an exciting journey of building a fully functional web server. The book starts with a solid introduction to Rust and essential networking concepts. This will lay a foundation for, and set the tone of, the entire book. In the second part, we will take an in-depth look at using Rust for networking software. From client-server networking using sockets to IPv4/v6, DNS, TCP, UDP, you will also learn about serializing and deserializing data using serde. The book shows how to communicate with REST servers over HTTP. The final part of the book discusses asynchronous network programming using the Tokio stack. Given the importance of security for modern systems, you will see how Rust supports common primitives such as TLS and public-key cryptography. After reading this book, you will be more than confident enough to use Rust to build effective networking software What you will learn Appreciate why networking is important in implementing distributed systems Write a non-asynchronous echo server over TCP that talks to a client over a network Parse JSON and binary data using parser combinators such as nom Write an HTTP client that talks to the server using reqwest Modify an existing Rust HTTTP server and add SSL to it Master asynchronous programming support in Rust Use external packages in a Rust project Who this book is for This book is for software developers who want to write networking software with Rust. A basic familiarity with networking concepts is assumed. Beginner-level knowledge of Rust will help but is not necessary.




Programming WebAssembly with Rust


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WebAssembly fulfills the long-awaited promise of web technologies: fast code, type-safe at compile time, execution in the browser, on embedded devices, or anywhere else. Rust delivers the power of C in a language that strictly enforces type safety. Combine both languages and you can write for the web like never before! Learn how to integrate with JavaScript, run code on platforms other than the browser, and take a step into IoT. Discover the easy way to build cross-platform applications without sacrificing power, and change the way you write code for the web. WebAssembly is more than just a revolutionary new technology. It's reshaping how we build applications for the web and beyond. Where technologies like ActiveX and Flash have failed, you can now write code in whatever language you prefer and compile to WebAssembly for fast, type-safe code that runs in the browser, on mobile devices, embedded devices, and more. Combining WebAssembly's portable, high-performance modules with Rust's safety and power is a perfect development combination. Learn how WebAssembly's stack machine architecture works, install low-level wasm tools, and discover the dark art of writing raw wast code. Build on that foundation and learn how to compile WebAssembly modules from Rust by implementing the logic for a checkers game. Create wasm modules in Rust to interoperate with JavaScript in many compelling ways. Apply your new skills to the world of non-web hosts, and create everything from an app running on a Raspberry Pi that controls a lighting system, to a fully-functioning online multiplayer game engine where developers upload their own arena-bound WebAssembly combat modules. Get started with WebAssembly today, and change the way you think about the web. What You Need: You'll need a Linux, Mac, or Windows workstation with an Internet connection. You'll need an up-to-date web browser that supports WebAssembly. To work with the sample code, you can use your favorite text editor or IDE. The book will guide you through installing the Rust and WebAssembly tools needed for each chapter.




Command-Line Rust


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Updated in 2024: A new version has been released that simplifies the programs used in the book, based on changes in the Rust language and crates since original publication. The code has been updated to reflect version 4 of the clap crate. For several consecutive years, Rust has been voted "most loved programming language" in Stack Overflow's annual developer survey. This open source systems programming language is now used for everything from game engines and operating systems to browser components and virtual reality simulation engines. But Rust is also an incredibly complex language with a notoriously difficult learning curve. Rather than focusing on the language as a whole, this guide teaches Rust using a single small, complete, focused program in each chapter. Author Ken Youens-Clark shows you how to start, write, and test each of these programs to create a finished product. You'll learn how to handle errors in Rust, read and write files, and use regular expressions, Rust types, structs, and more. Discover how to: Use Rust's standard libraries and data types such as numbers, strings, vectors, structs, Options, and Results to create command-line programs Write and test Rust programs and functions Read and write files, including stdin, stdout, and stderr Document and validate command-line arguments Write programs that fail gracefully Parse raw and delimited text manually, using regular expressions and Rust crates Use and control randomness