Rust Essentials - Second Edition

Table of contents

1. Preface
   1. What this book covers
   2. What you need for this book
   3. Who this book is for
   4. Conventions
   5. Customer support
      1. Downloading the example code
      2. Errata
      3. Piracy
      4. Questions
2. Starting with Rust
   1. The advantages of Rust
      1. The trifecta of Rust - safe, fast, and concurrent
      2. Comparison with other languages
   2. The stability of Rust and its evolution
   3. The success of Rust
      1. Where to use Rust
   4. Servo
   5. Installing Rust
   6. rustc--the Rust compiler
   7. Our first program
      1. Working with Cargo
   8. Developer tools
      1. Using Sublime Text
   9. The Standard Library
   10. Summary
3. Using Variables and Types
   1. Comments
   2. Global constants
      1. Printing with string interpolation
   3. Values and primitive types
      1. Consulting Rust documentation
   4. Binding variables to values
      1. Mutable and immutable variables
   5. Scope of a variable and shadowing
   6. Type checking and conversions
      1. Aliasing
   7. Expressions
   8. The stack and the heap
   9. Summary
4. Using Functions and Control Structures
   1. Branching on a condition
   2. Looping
   3. Functions
      1. Documenting a function
   4. Attributes
      1. Conditional compilation
   5. Testing
      1. Testing with cargo
         1. The tests module
   6. Summary
5. Structuring Data and Matching Patterns
   1. Strings
   2. Arrays, vectors, and slices
      1. Vectors
      2. Slices
      3. Strings and arrays
   3. Tuples
   4. Structs
   5. Enums
      1. Result and Option
   6. Getting input from the console
   7. Matching patterns
   8. Program arguments
   9. Summary
6. Higher Order Functions and Error-Handling
   1. Higher order functions and closures
   2. Iterators
   3. Consumers and adapters
   4. Generic data structures and functions
   5. Error-handling
      1. Panics
      2. Testing for failure
      3. Some more examples of error-handling
      4. The try! macro and the ? operator
   6. Summary
7. Using Traits and OOP in Rust
   1. Associated functions on structs
   2. Methods on structs
   3. Using a constructor pattern
   4. Using a builder pattern
   5. Methods on tuples and enums
   6. Traits
   7. Using trait constraints
   8. Static and dynamic dispatch
   9. Built-in traits and operator overloading
   10. OOP in Rust
   11. Inheritance with traits
   12. Using the visitor pattern
   13. Summary
8. Ensuring Memory Safety and Pointers
   1. Pointers and references
      1. Stack and heap
      2. Lifetimes
      3. Copying and moving values - The copy trait
         1. Let's summarize
      4. Pointers
      5. References
         1. Match, struct, and ref
   2. Ownership and borrowing
      1. Ownership
      2. Moving a value
      3. Borrowing a value
      4. Implementing the Drop trait
      5. Moving closure
   3. Boxes
   4. Reference counting
   5. Overview of pointers
   6. Summary
9. Organizing Code and Macros
   1. Modules and crates
      1. Building crates
      2. Defining a module
      3. Visibility of items
      4. Importing modules and file hierarchy
      5. Importing external crates
      6. Exporting a public interface
      7. Adding external crates to a project
      8. Working with random numbers
   2. Macros
      1. Why macros?
      2. Developing macros
         1. Repetition
         2. Creating a new function
         3. Some other examples
      3. Using macros from crates
      4. Some other built-in macros
   3. Summary
10. Concurrency - Coding for Multicore Execution
    1. Concurrency and threads
       1. Creating threads
          1. Setting the thread's stack size
       2. Starting a number of threads
       3. Panicking threads
       4. Thread safety
    2. Shared mutable states
       1. The Sync trait
    3. Communication through channels
       1. Sending and receiving data
          1. Making a channel
          2. Sending struct values over a channel
          3. Sending references over a channel
          4. Synchronous and asynchronous
    4. Summary
11. Programming at the Boundaries
    1. When is code unsafe
       1. Using std::mem
    2. Raw pointers
    3. Interfacing with C
       1. Using a C library
    4. Inlining assembly code
    5. Calling Rust from other languages
    6. Summary
12. Exploring the Standard Library
    1. Exploring std and the prelude module
    2. Collections - using hashmaps and hashsets
    3. Working with files
       1. Paths
       2. Reading a file
       3. Error-handling with try!
       4. Buffered reading
       5. Writing a file
       6. Error-handling with try!
       7. Filesystem operations
    4. Using Rust without the Standard Library
    5. Summary
13. The Ecosystem of Crates
    1. The ecosystem of crates
    2. Working with dates and times
    3. File formats and databases
    4. Web development
    5. Graphics and games
    6. OS and embedded system development
    7. Other resources for learning Rust
    8. Summary