Rust Fundamentals
Comprehensive beginner-friendly Rust course covering core concepts like ownership, borrowing, lifetimes, control flow, structs, enums, and modules, plus tooling with Cargo, Rust Analyzer, GitHub Copilot, Codespaces, testing, documentation, and library development over 4 modules.
What you'll learn
- Start from installing Rust and setting up a productive development environment with VS Code, Rust Analyzer, GitHub Copilot, and GitHub Codespaces.
- Learn Rust fundamentals including variables, control flow, loops, functions, borrowing, and basic error handling.
- Work with Rust data structures such as structs, strings, vectors, enums, and the Option type to organize and manipulate data.
- Apply Rust in real projects using Cargo, modules, documentation, testing (including doctests), debugging, and library creation.
Skills you'll gain
- Apply Rust's core concepts like ownership, borrowing, and lifetimes to write efficient, reliable, and safe code.
- Use Rust's advanced features like enums, structs, traits, and generics to build robust applications.
- Develop, document, test, and debug Rust projects using Cargo, Rust Analyzer, and other tools in the Rust ecosystem.
- Organize Rust code with modules, public and private items, and libraries, and verify behavior with tests and doctests.
- Work with Rust strings, vectors, and enums (including Option) to model and manipulate structured data.
Prerequisites
- • Beginner experience in programming languages
- • Beginner experience with Git for version control
- • Beginner experience using a text editor for development
Who this course is for
- → Learners new to Rust programming
- → Beginners with basic experience in any programming language
- → Developers familiar with Git and text editors who want to learn Rust
- → Learners seeking a foundational Rust course within the Rust Programming Specialization
Provider
Coursera
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