Rust in Action is a hands-on guide to systems programming with Rust.
Written for inquisitive programmers, it presents real-world use cases
that go far beyond syntax and structure.
Summary
Rust in Action introduces the Rust programming language by exploring
numerous systems programming concepts and techniques. You'll be learning
Rust by delving into how computers work under the hood. You'll find
yourself playing with persistent storage, memory, networking and even
tinkering with CPU instructions. The book takes you through using Rust
to extend other applications and teaches you tricks to write blindingly
fast code. You'll also discover parallel and concurrent programming.
Filled to the brim with real-life use cases and scenarios, you'll go
beyond the Rust syntax and see what Rust has to offer in real-world use
cases.
Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and
ePub formats from Manning Publications.
About the technology
Rust is the perfect language for systems programming. It delivers the
low-level power of C along with rock-solid safety features that let you
code fearlessly. Ideal for applications requiring concurrency, Rust
programs are compact, readable, and blazingly fast. Best of all, Rust's
famously smart compiler helps you avoid even subtle coding errors.
About the book
Rust in Action is a hands-on guide to systems programming with Rust.
Written for inquisitive programmers, it presents real-world use cases
that go far beyond syntax and structure. You'll explore Rust
implementations for file manipulation, networking, and kernel-level
programming and discover awesome techniques for parallelism and
concurrency. Along the way, you'll master Rust's unique borrow checker
model for memory management without a garbage collector.
What's inside
Elementary to advanced Rust programming
Practical examples from systems programming
Command-line, graphical and networked applications
About the reader
For intermediate programmers. No previous experience with Rust required.
About the author
Tim McNamara uses Rust to build data processing pipelines and
generative art. He is an expert in natural language processing and data
engineering.
Table of Contents
1 Introducing Rust
PART 1 RUST LANGUAGE DISTINCTIVES
2 Language foundations
3 Compound data types
4 Lifetimes, ownership, and borrowing
PART 2 DEMYSTIFYING SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING
5 Data in depth
6 Memory
7 Files and storage
8 Networking
9 Time and timekeeping
10 Processes, threads, and containers
11 Kernel
12 Signals, interrupts, and exceptions
