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You know what? I might actually try again. I like to learn while doing some real work, but I had hard time finding easy open-source Rust projects to contribute

You know what? I might actually try again. I like to learn while doing some real work, but I had hard time finding easy open-source Rust projects to contribute to. Can you please recommend any? Also, what is the best beginner-friendly learning source? Rust Book 2nd edition? I like to learn from printed books, are there any good ones?

steveklabnik 8y ago
Are you more front or back end with the JS? You said full stack, but I could also see that being backend C# with frontend JS. I also prefer printed books. The book second edition is personally my favorite, of course. :) it’s actually at the printers right now, so will be available in hard copy in just a few weeks. The O’Reilly book is also good but leans a bit more towards the experienced systems dev. It may work for you, it may not. I bought a copy of “Beginning Rust” by APress, I remember it being fairly solid. There’s also a very neat book, “Step Ahead with Rust”, whose goal is to get you to learn the basics of the language well enough to be able to dive into other things. It skins over some stuff, but that also means it’s shorter, and therefore a bit simpler and faster than a more thorough book. It might appeal to you as well.
- Phronux 8y ago
  I'm a backend C#(.NET)/JS(node.js), and frontend JS(angular/react) dev. I kinda regret going into a corporate web dev field. The JS stack is terrible, work is mundane and monotonous. That's why I'm trying to learn myself something different. Glad to hear that the official book will be available in print. The O'Reilly's book looks decent too, however it might be a little outdated already, considering how fast Rust is evolving.
  - steveklabnik 8y ago
    Cool! So, one thing that may be of interest is the Rust/WebAssembly work; https://github.com/ashleygwilliams/wasm-pack https://github.com/ashleygwilliams/wasm-pack is a huge part of this story and is very open to new contributors who are just learning Rust. On the server, there's a lot of churn right now, as async/await is being worked on in the compiler, futures are landing in the standard library, and the general ecosystem is undergoing a huge upgrade. So it also needs a lot of work, but may be harder without already knowing Rust. One good thing to remember is that while it may be a little out of date, that just means it's missing some things. Nothing in it is wrong, it just is missing new APIs that may make some things a bit nicer.

steveklabnik 8y ago

Are you more front or back end with the JS? You said full stack, but I could also see that being backend C# with frontend JS. I also prefer printed books. The book second edition is personally my favorite, of course. :) it’s actually at the printers right now, so will be available in hard copy in just a few weeks. The O’Reilly book is also good but leans a bit more towards the experienced systems dev. It may work for you, it may not. I bought a copy of “Beginning Rust” by APress, I remember it being fairly solid. There’s also a very neat book, “Step Ahead with Rust”, whose goal is to get you to learn the basics of the language well enough to be able to dive into other things. It skins over some stuff, but that also means it’s shorter, and therefore a bit simpler and faster than a more thorough book. It might appeal to you as well.

Phronux 8y ago
I'm a backend C#(.NET)/JS(node.js), and frontend JS(angular/react) dev. I kinda regret going into a corporate web dev field. The JS stack is terrible, work is mundane and monotonous. That's why I'm trying to learn myself something different. Glad to hear that the official book will be available in print. The O'Reilly's book looks decent too, however it might be a little outdated already, considering how fast Rust is evolving.
- steveklabnik 8y ago
  Cool! So, one thing that may be of interest is the Rust/WebAssembly work; https://github.com/ashleygwilliams/wasm-pack https://github.com/ashleygwilliams/wasm-pack is a huge part of this story and is very open to new contributors who are just learning Rust. On the server, there's a lot of churn right now, as async/await is being worked on in the compiler, futures are landing in the standard library, and the general ecosystem is undergoing a huge upgrade. So it also needs a lot of work, but may be harder without already knowing Rust. One good thing to remember is that while it may be a little out of date, that just means it's missing some things. Nothing in it is wrong, it just is missing new APIs that may make some things a bit nicer.