Rust

Rust is a language empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software.

Rust is a systems programming language (i.e., C; C++).

• Operating systems
• Web browsers
• Databases
• Web servers
• Firmware
• Embedded devices

Rust does not require garbage collection.

Features

• Memory safety
  • Use after free
  • Dangling pointers
  • Data races
  • Iterator invalidation
• Zero cost abstractions: checking at compile time
• Expressive
• Modern
  • Integrated build tooling
  • Package manager
  • Open-source package repository
  • Default testing framework
  • Auto-generated documentation
• Many uses
  • System programming
  • Web APIs
  • Tools and utilities
  • Gaming
  • Desktop/Mobile applications

Community

• Rust Community
  • Rust Users Forum
  • Rust Internals Forum
  • Rust Discord Server
  • Rust Zulip Organization
  • RustConf
  • This Week in Rust
  • Rust Governance
  • Rust Twitter
  • Rust Reddit

Rustup

Rustup installs The Rust Programming Language from the official release channels, enabling you to easily switch between stable, beta, and nightly compilers and keep them updated.

Projects

• Learn Rust