note beginner prerequisites

[Lotterleben]

it is expected that they are familiar with Cargo, the syntax and built-in operators like match. They should not need to be familiar with more rust-specific / advanced concepts like lifetimes, the borrow checker or generic code.

tasks:

• add test it to the setup page
• recommend reading some of the first chapters of the "The Rust Programming Book" or point to some other of the resources.

Q. should we also mention this in the course description so people can assess if they feel comfortable taking part?

[japaric]

recommend reading some of the first chapters of the "The Rust Programming Book" or point to some other of the resources.

I would suggest at least reading through chapters 1-5 of the Rust book (but chapter 4 does not need to be fully grokked) and optionally reading up to the end of chapter 9 if they have the time.