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Rust for Rustaceans

47 points by flyaway123 2y ago

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tkubacki 2y ago
This book is good but I think it’s too hard for beginners. I would recommend to read ‘zero to production in Rust’ by Luca Palmieri first especially if you like more learning by doing approach
- wilkystyle 2y ago
  Thanks for the book recommendation. I think this book is very much not intended for beginners, in fact the linked website says the following in the first paragraph: > For developers who’ve mastered the basics, this book is the next step on your way to professional-level programming in Rust.
- atoav 2y ago
  Not to complain, but isn't the title Rust for Rustaceans a clear hint that this book is meant for people already involved with the language?
  - tkubacki 2y ago
    Yes you are right - my intention was to show how to get to the point when you are ready for the book.
- haakonfp 2y ago
  agreed, and the book is pretty upfront about it being for more intermediate readers. i felt like i hit the sweet spot for this book after having gone through the rust programming language [0], zero to production in rust [1], and having worked on a few larger rust projects. all three books are really good in their own way. [0] https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/ https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/ [1] https://www.zero2prod.com/ https://www.zero2prod.com/
maxbond 2y ago
The author, Jon Gjengset, has a channel which was a critical resource for me to learn Rust. https://youtube.com/@jonhoo https://youtube.com/@jonhoo He also contributed to MIT's Missing Semester, which is a fantastic idea about providing context that's missing from CS courses (like how to use git or a debugger). https://youtube.com/@missingsemester https://youtube.com/@missingsemester As a final bit of trivia, I believe his thesis advisor was Robert T. Morris, the co-founder of YC. I believe he was also an early contributor to the Arc and HN codebases.
- jgn 2y ago
  The book's technical reviewer is David Tolnay [0] who authored some of Rust's ubiquitous crates: `anyhow`, `thiserror`, `serde`. It's a good intermediate companion to the official Rust intro [1]. I found it most helpful when reading third-party crates. [0] https://github.com/dtolnay https://github.com/dtolnay [1] https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/book/ https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/book/
- pests 2y ago
  He's on HN, I'm sure he will pop on here eventually. I believe his handle is just his name firstlast.

47 points by flyaway123 2y ago

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This book is good but I think it’s too hard for beginners. I would recommend to read ‘zero to production in Rust’ by Luca Palmieri first especially if you like more learning by doing approach

wilkystyle 2y ago
Thanks for the book recommendation. I think this book is very much not intended for beginners, in fact the linked website says the following in the first paragraph: > For developers who’ve mastered the basics, this book is the next step on your way to professional-level programming in Rust.
atoav 2y ago
Not to complain, but isn't the title Rust for Rustaceans a clear hint that this book is meant for people already involved with the language?
- tkubacki 2y ago
  Yes you are right - my intention was to show how to get to the point when you are ready for the book.
haakonfp 2y ago
agreed, and the book is pretty upfront about it being for more intermediate readers. i felt like i hit the sweet spot for this book after having gone through the rust programming language [0], zero to production in rust [1], and having worked on a few larger rust projects. all three books are really good in their own way. [0] https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/ https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/ [1] https://www.zero2prod.com/ https://www.zero2prod.com/

maxbond 2y ago

The author, Jon Gjengset, has a channel which was a critical resource for me to learn Rust. https://youtube.com/@jonhoo https://youtube.com/@jonhoo He also contributed to MIT's Missing Semester, which is a fantastic idea about providing context that's missing from CS courses (like how to use git or a debugger). https://youtube.com/@missingsemester https://youtube.com/@missingsemester As a final bit of trivia, I believe his thesis advisor was Robert T. Morris, the co-founder of YC. I believe he was also an early contributor to the Arc and HN codebases.

jgn 2y ago
The book's technical reviewer is David Tolnay [0] who authored some of Rust's ubiquitous crates: `anyhow`, `thiserror`, `serde`. It's a good intermediate companion to the official Rust intro [1]. I found it most helpful when reading third-party crates. [0] https://github.com/dtolnay https://github.com/dtolnay [1] https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/book/ https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/book/
pests 2y ago
He's on HN, I'm sure he will pop on here eventually. I believe his handle is just his name firstlast.