Rust essentials : discover how to use Rust to write fast, secure, and concurrent systems and applications /: discover how to use Rust to write fast, secure, and concurrent systems and applications. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Discover how to use Rust to write fast, secure, and concurrent systems and applications
• Further Information: Note: Ivo Balbaert.
• Authors: Balbaert, Ivo
• Contents: Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Starting with Rust; The advantages of Rust; The trifecta of Rust -- safety, speed, and concurrency; Comparison with other languages; Using Rust; Servo; Installing Rust; The Rust compiler -- rustc; Our first program; Working with Cargo; Developer tools; Using Sublime Text; Other tools; Summary; Chapter 2: Using Variables and Types; Comments; Global constants; Printing with string interpolation; Values and primitive types; Consulting Rust documentation Binding variables to valuesMutable and immutable variables; Scope of a variable and shadowing; Type checking and conversions; Aliasing; Expressions; The stack and the heap; Summary; Chapter 3: Using Functions and Control Structures; Branching on a condition; Looping; Functions; Documenting a function; Attributes; Conditional compilation; Testing; Testing with cargo; Summary; Chapter 4: Structuring Data and Matching Patterns; Strings; Arrays, vectors, and slices; Vectors; Slices; Strings and arrays; Tuples; Structs; Enums; Result and Option; Getting input from the console; Matching patterns Chapter 7: Organizing Code and MacrosModules and crates; Building crates; Defining a module; Visibility of items; Importing modules and file hierarchy; Importing external crates; Exporting a public interface; Adding external crates to a project; The test module; Macros; Why do we use macros?; Developing macros; Repetition; Creating a new function; Using macros from crates; Summary; Chapter 8: Concurrency and Parallelism; Concurrency and threads; Creating threads; Starting a number of threads; Panicking threads; Thread-safety; Shared mutable state; The Sync trait Communication through channelsSending and receiving data; Synchronous and asynchronous communication; Summary; Chapter 9: Programming at the Boundaries; Program arguments; Unsafe; Raw pointers; Interfacing with C; Using a C library; Inlining assembly code; Calling Rust from other languages; Summary; Appendix: Exploring Further; Stability of Rust and the standard library; The ecosystem of crates; Other resources for learning Rust; Files and databases; Graphics and games; Web development; Index
• Publisher Details: Birmingham, UK : Packt Publishing
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (1 volume), illustrations
• Subjects: 005.133; COMPUTERS -- Programming -- Open Source; Programming languages (Electronic computers); Computer programming; Application software -- Development; Computer programming; Computer software -- Development -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Java (Computer program language); Application software -- Development; Computer programming; Programming languages (Electronic computers); COMPUTERS -- Internet -- Application Development; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781785282133; 1785282131
• Related ISBNs: 1785282131; 1785285769; 9781785285769
• Notes: Note: Description based on online resource; title from cover (Safari, viewed June 10, 2015).
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