Beginning Rust: From Novice to Professional

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Learn to program with Rust in an easy, step-by-step manner on Unix, Linux shell, macOS and the Windows command line. As you read this book, you’ll build on the knowledge you gained in previous chapters and see what Rust has to offer.Beginning Ruststarts with the basics of Rust, including how to name objects, control execution flow, and handle primitive types. You’ll see how to do arithmetic, allocate memory, use iterators, and handle input/output. Once you have mastered these core skills, you’ll work on handling errors and using the object-oriented features of Rust to build robust Rust applications in no time.Only a basic knowledge of programming is required, preferably in C or C++. To understand this book, it's enough to know what integers and floating-point numbers are, and to distinguish identifiers from string literals.After reading this book, you'll be ready to build Rust applications.You will:Get started programming with RustUnderstand heterogeneous data structures and data sequencesDefine functions, generic functions, structs, and moreWork with closures, changeable strings, ranges and slicesUse traits and learn about lifetimes

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About the Author

Carlo Milanesiis a professional software developer and expert who uses Rust. He has contributed to the Rust development community, and also has done web application development in Linux with PHP, JavaScript, Java, Ionic and Vaadin frameworks. Lastly, he has been in involved in these other technologies: GUI design, 2D and 3D rendering, testing automation, database access. Carlo's applications include CAM/CAM for the stone machining industry, lens cutting laboratory automation, and corporate-wide web applications.

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