Rust from Python 🐍 → 🦀

A learning journal: side-by-side Python and Rust, built from a Pythonista's perspective.

First time cloning this repo? Read SETUP.md for the full step-by-step.

Structure

Folder	What's in it
notes/	Rendered .qmd lesson explainers (one per lesson, render to standalone HTML)
python/	Python reference scripts (one per lesson)
rust/	Plain .rs files (compile with rustc)
playground/	Cargo multi-bin project (cargo run --bin XX_name)
notes/	Quick markdown notes per topic
SETUP.md	First-time-clone instructions

Quick start (TL;DR — full guide in SETUP.md)

# Python
uv sync
uv run python python/01_hello.py

# Rust via cargo
cd playground && cargo run --bin 01_hello && cd ..

# Rust standalone
rustc rust/01_hello.rs -o /tmp/h && /tmp/h

# Render a lesson
uv run quarto render notes/XX_topic.qmd --to html

Lessons done so far

#	Topic	Date	Status
01	Hello world	5th June, 2026	✅ done
02	Variables (let, mut, types, shadowing, const)	5th June, 2026	✅ done
03	Functions	6th June, 2026	✅ done
04	If/else (expression, bool-only, same-type branches)	6th June, 2026	✅ done
05	Loops (loop, while, for, break with value, labels)	7th June, 2026	✅ done
06	Ownership & borrowing (move, clone, copy, &, &mut, slices)	7th June, 2026	✅ done
07	Structs & enums (struct, impl, enum, match, Option, if let)	14th June, 2026	✅ done
08	Error handling	21st June, 2026	✅ done

Why this exists

I'm a Python developer learning Rust. I keep forgetting Rust rules because Python lets me get away with everything. This repo is my cheat sheet — one lesson at a time, Python first, Rust second, side by side.