Rust Incubator

"It wasn't always so clear, but the Rust programming language is fundamentally about empowerment: no matter what kind of code you are writing now, Rust empowers you to reach farther, to program with confidence in a wider variety of domains than you did before."

Rust Book's Foreword

In this bootcamp, you will participate in the Rust Incubator, a rigorous, step-by-step Rust certification program 🏆. The aim of this program is to shape you into a proficient Strong Junior Rust Developer. Indeed, with this rigorous training, you will find yourself better prepared than developers switching from other languages without a similar level of instruction. If you are a mid- or senior-level developer transitioning to Rust, you can confidently target Middle-level positions after achieving this certification.

Prerequisites

Before you begin the certification program, you should have a solid understanding of Rust and Git/GitHub. We strongly recommend completing the Rust Book. It's also beneficial if you have completed Rustlings and Exercism, and have some hands-on practice. If you're transitioning from another programming language, you'll also find this certification program particularly useful.

Process

Participants in the boot camp will be divided into closely-knit small groups. Meetings within these groups will occur four times a week, excluding weekends. These meetings are an opportunity for dynamic discussion, mutual learning, and answering any questions you might have. Additionally, participants can expect to answer insightful questions posed by their mentors, fostering a proactive learning environment.

Our learning process is designed around daily skill enhancement, leveraging the highest quality learning materials available. We provide an interactive platform for tracking progress, ensuring a clear path of advancement and accomplishment.

Participants will also be challenged with designing, developing, and presenting a capstone project. This project provides a fantastic opportunity to apply the skills learned throughout the boot camp in a practical, impactful way.

Finally, a comprehensive assessment will be conducted at the end of the certification program. Upon successful completion, participants will earn a certificate. This certificate is more than just a document; it's a testament to your ability to utilize best practices and write idiomatic code that employers will value highly. Imagine the doors that could open with this certificate in hand!

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Curriculum

• 0. Become familiar with Rust basics (1 week)
• 1. Concepts (2 weeks)
  • 1.1. Default values, cloning and copying
  • 1.2. Boxing and pinning
  • 1.3. Shared ownership and interior mutability
  • 1.4. Clone-on-write
  • 1.5. Conversions, casting and dereferencing
  • 1.6. Static and dynamic dispatch
  • 1.7. Sized and ?Sized types
  • 1.8. Thread safety
  • 1.9. Phantom types
  • 1.10. Summary Task
• 2. Idioms (2 weeks)
  • 2.1. Rich types ensure correctness
  • 2.2. Swapping values with mem::replace
  • 2.3. Bound behavior, not data
  • 2.4. Abstract type in, concrete type out
  • 2.5. Exhaustivity
  • 2.6. Sealing
  • 2.7. Summary Task
• 3. Ecosystem (3 weeks)
  • 3.1. Testing and mocking
  • 3.2. Declarative and procedural macros
  • 3.3. Date and time
  • 3.4. Regular expressions and custom parsers
  • 3.5. Collections and iterators
  • 3.6. Serialization and deserialization
  • 3.7. Randomness and cryptography
  • 3.8. Logging and tracing
  • 3.9. Command-line arguments, environment variables and configs
  • 3.10. Multithreading and parallelism
  • 3.11. Async I/O, futures and actors
  • 3.12. Summary Task
• 4. Backend ecosystem (2 weeks)
  • 4.1. Databases, connection pools and ORMs
  • 4.2. HTTP servers and clients
  • 4.3. API servers, clients and tools
  • 4.4. Summary Task
• Agree your capstone project
• 5. Zero To Production (3 weeks)
  • 5.1. Basic actix-web
  • 5.2. Logging
  • 5.3. Docker and deployment
  • 5.4. Type-Driven Development and testing
  • 5.5. Advanced actix-web and error handling
  • 5.6. Authorization
• 6. Capstone Project (1 week)
  • 6.1. Agree your capstone project
  • 6.2. Get approvement of basic implementation from the first mentor
  • 6.3. Get 4 reviews from peers and mentors
  • 6.4. Present your project

Useful links

• 🧭 Orientation - Maximize your bootcamp experience with these tips.
• ⏩ Getting Started - Kick off your learning journey here.
• 🎓 Exercism - Dive into coding exercises with the guidance of mentors.
• 📚 Learning Materials - A curated collection of top-notch Rust learning materials.
• 🔧 Ecosystem - A curated collection of frequently used crates, representing essential parts of the Rust ecosystem.
• 🌐 Zero To Production - A back-end focused book to broaden your knowledge.
  • Access the book as a series of articles.
• ❔ FAQ - Answers to frequently asked questions at your fingertips.

Too hard?

• 👣 Step-by-Step Introduction - A gradual introduction to Rust programming.
• 🐣 Rustlings - Small exercises designed to familiarize you with reading and writing Rust code.
• 📘 Rust Book - An indispensable guide to Rust. While it's a must-have starting point, we strongly encourage revisiting it throughout your learning journey.