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I just want to give a shout out to "Rust for Rustaceans". I'm only three chapters in, and it's definitely the most enjoyable technical reading I've ever done b

I just want to give a shout out to "Rust for Rustaceans". I'm only three chapters in, and it's definitely the most enjoyable technical reading I've ever done because you learn so much, so quickly, and so easily. Steve Klabnik (co-author of "The Rust Programming Language") says it's the book to read after going through "The Rust Programming Language", and I couldn't agree more.

vimwizard 4y ago
The author fairly regularly live streams on youtube doing more advanced Rust programming, and is responsive to questions coming in.
- mindri0t 4y ago
  To build on this, his Crust of Rust series videos are excellent deep dives targeted at the same stage of learning as the book.
wdroz 4y ago
I just finished this book. I liked it and learnt a lot, but in some chapters I felt way too far from my comfort zone. The unsafe chapter and some part under the hood of async like Pin/Unpin was difficult for me.
- davidatbu 4y ago
  Thanks for the heads up! This is indeed worth noting. Even in the first three chapters for example, if someone isn't familiar with memory layout in C, or the stack/heap distinction, ..etc, it can seem a bit complicated I think.
jgilias 4y ago
+1 from me here! The book arrived yesterday (yes, I'm a luddite like that), and now I'm at chapter 8. For me, I'm already aware in one way or another of most things in it, but my knowledge is spotty in places, and all over the place too. So, R4R seems really great to put some framework around it, as well as get at least accustomed to the least familiar bits. I would add though that I can see how it can be a pretty challenging read depending on prior experiences. Even then I believe it makes a lot of sense to read through it to at least get exposed to some topics and be able to recall later that you've read something about it when you need it.

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I just want to give a shout out to "Rust for Rustaceans". I'm only three chapters in, and it's definitely the most enjoyable technical reading I've ever done b

by davidatbu 4y ago

vimwizard 4y ago
The author fairly regularly live streams on youtube doing more advanced Rust programming, and is responsive to questions coming in.
- mindri0t 4y ago
  To build on this, his Crust of Rust series videos are excellent deep dives targeted at the same stage of learning as the book.
wdroz 4y ago
I just finished this book. I liked it and learnt a lot, but in some chapters I felt way too far from my comfort zone. The unsafe chapter and some part under the hood of async like Pin/Unpin was difficult for me.
- davidatbu 4y ago
  Thanks for the heads up! This is indeed worth noting. Even in the first three chapters for example, if someone isn't familiar with memory layout in C, or the stack/heap distinction, ..etc, it can seem a bit complicated I think.
jgilias 4y ago
+1 from me here! The book arrived yesterday (yes, I'm a luddite like that), and now I'm at chapter 8. For me, I'm already aware in one way or another of most things in it, but my knowledge is spotty in places, and all over the place too. So, R4R seems really great to put some framework around it, as well as get at least accustomed to the least familiar bits. I would add though that I can see how it can be a pretty challenging read depending on prior experiences. Even then I believe it makes a lot of sense to read through it to at least get exposed to some topics and be able to recall later that you've read something about it when you need it.