Rust Tutorial

1. Rust Introduction

What Rust is, why it exists, and how to install it and run your first program with Cargo.

2. Syntax and Variables

Variables, immutability and mut, scalar and compound types, control flow, and functions in Rust.

3. Ownership and Borrowing

Rust's ownership rules, move semantics, borrowing, the borrow checker, and an intro to lifetimes.

4. Structs, Enums and Traits

Structs, enums, pattern matching, Option and Result error handling with ?, and traits.

5. Error Handling In Depth

The ? operator across function boundaries, converting errors with From/Into, and anyhow vs thiserror.

6. Concurrency with Threads and Channels

std::thread::spawn, Arc<Mutex<T>> for shared state, mpsc channels, and Send/Sync at compile time.

7. Testing in Rust

#[test], assert! macros, a complete test module, and unit tests vs integration tests.

8. Cargo and the Crates Ecosystem

Cargo.toml dependencies, semantic versioning, Cargo.lock, workspaces, and crates.io.

9. Rust Interview Questions

Real Rust interview questions and answers on ownership, borrowing, Option, Result, and traits.