Kirchner.io
Back to Compendium

Rust Programming Language

A comprehensive guide to Rust programming language, its ecosystem, tools, and best practices.

Rust Programming Language

Rust is a systems programming language that runs blazingly fast, prevents segfaults, and guarantees thread safety. It enables writing reliable and efficient software through its unique ownership system and rich type system.

Core Concepts

Memory Safety

  • Ownership and borrowing
  • Lifetimes
  • Move semantics
  • Reference rules
  • No null or dangling pointers

Type System

  • Strong static typing
  • Algebraic data types
  • Traits and generics
  • Pattern matching
  • Zero-cost abstractions

Concurrency

  • Fearless concurrency
  • Thread safety
  • Async/await
  • Message passing
  • Shared state

Development Tools

Build System & Package Manager

IDEs & Editors

Testing & Documentation

Web Development

Systems Programming

Data Processing

  • serde - Serialization framework
  • diesel - ORM and Query Builder
  • sqlx - SQL toolkit
  • csv - CSV processing

GUI & Graphics

  • egui - Immediate mode GUI
  • iced - Cross-platform GUI
  • wgpu - Graphics API
  • bevy - Game engine

Learning Resources

Official Resources

Community Resources

Practice & Exercises

Best Practices

Code Organization

  • Project structure
  • Module system
  • Visibility rules
  • Workspace management

Error Handling

  • Result and Option types
  • Error propagation
  • Custom error types
  • Panic vs. Result

Performance

  • Zero-cost abstractions
  • SIMD optimizations
  • Memory layout
  • Profiling tools

Safety & Security

  • Safe vs. unsafe code
  • FFI best practices
  • Auditing dependencies
  • Security considerations

Community

Forums & Chat

Events & Conferences

Contributing