Must have experience with at least one programming language.

This course is designed for anyone interested in getting started with Rust Programming: System Programmers, Software Developers, QA Engineers.

Course Outline:

1. Getting Started with Rust

• Installing Rust
• Configuring Visual Studio Code for Rust
• Write Hello World! program
• Lab: Set up Rust Development Environment

2. Rust Basics

• Basic data types
• Scalar data types
• Tuples, Arrays, Vectors, Slices
• String, String literals
• Functions and Control Flow
• Lab: Code covering above topics

3. Data Ownership

• Moving, copying and cloning data
• Understanding the data ownership model in Rust
• Working with references and borrowing
• Create structs, methods and understand lifetimes
• Using common collections in Rust
• Lab: Code covering above topics

4. Using enums, pattern matching, traits and generics

• Working with enums, options, match
• Understanding Generics
• Understanding traits
• Using traits as parameters
• Lab: Code to understand above concepts

5. Error Handling and Testing in Rust

• Understand the importance of error handling in Rust
• Employ Result, Option types for error management
• Learn to catch errors
• Setting up tests and using assertions
• Lab: Code covering these topics

6. Advanced Topics in Rust

• Working with iterators and closures
• Using pointers: Box, RC and ARC in Rust
• Basics of concurrent programming
• Create and manage threads using std::thread module
• Implement synchronization mechanisms, such as Mutex and Arc
• Lab: Code covering these topics

Training material provided: Yes (Digital format)

Hands-on Lab: Instructions will be provided to install Rust Programming tools, also students should install Visual Studio Code.