Hands-On Systems Programming with Rust

🎓 Hands-On Systems Programming with Rust 🚀

Course Headline:

Take advantage of Rust to ensure safety and concurrency!

Course Description:

Why Choose Rust for Systems Programming?

What You'll Learn:

• Memory and Thread Safety: Understand how Rust ensures safety at compile time.
• Performance Without Compromise: Discover zero-cost abstractions that provide performance without the overhead.
• Building Middleware Utilities: Monitor data flow through a pipeline and build your own middleware with ease.
• Interacting with Command Line Interfaces (CLI): Learn to effectively interact with the CLI in Rust.
• Working with MPSC Channels: Master the art of working with standard library mpsc channels for data flows.
• Creating Ergonomic Timers: Create timers that are both efficient and user-friendly for your projects.
• Applying Core Concepts: Integrate key systems programming concepts throughout each section while crafting a middleware tool in Rust.

Hands-On Experience: Throughout this course, you'll embark on a practical journey. By the end, you'll have created your own middleware utility in Rust, gaining invaluable experience and confidence in designing high-performance, safe, and consistent applications in systems programming contexts.

Who This Course Is For:

• Intermediate Linux and Unix Programmers: If you're comfortable with these environments, this course will elevate your skills.
• Network Programmers: Learn to harness the power of Rust for efficient network applications.
• C/C++ Programmers: Transition to a safer and more concurrent programming paradigm with Rust.

Prerequisites:

• Basic Programming Concepts: A solid understanding of fundamental programming principles is essential.
• Working Knowledge of Rust: Some familiarity with Rust will help you hit the ground running.

About the Author: Nathan Stocks 👨‍💻 With over 20 years in software development, primarily in backend infrastructure, Nathan Stocks has been a dedicated advocate for Rust since 2016, teaching it since 2017. His expertise in systems programming and his passion for Rust make him an ideal guide through the intricacies of this powerful language. Nathan's journey with software includes maintaining the AVbin audio library (C, 2011-2013) and has been a source of inspiration for many. Today, he leads the Git Storage team at GitHub and continues to pursue his interest in game development using Rust.

Join Nathan on this comprehensive journey through Systems Programming with Rust, where you'll learn to harness the language's full potential to create efficient, safe, and concurrent applications. Whether you're a seasoned programmer or looking to transition from C/C++, this course is your pathway to mastering modern systems programming in Rust. Let's get started! 🛠️🚀