There was a blog post recently discussing what is left before a 1.0 release, and the timeline for it. I'm in the same boat as you and the blog post has been hel

There was a blog post recently discussing what is left before a 1.0 release, and the timeline for it. I'm in the same boat as you and the blog post has been helpful because now I can at least feel comfortable learning some basics, while avoiding the areas that are still in flux. http://blog.rust-lang.org/2014/09/15/Rust-1.0.html http://blog.rust-lang.org/2014/09/15/Rust-1.0.html