X-Git-Url: https://git.ralfj.de/rust-101.git/blobdiff_plain/a5db8629923dd434f3829f1a616764aa4170d67f..8eb07931e8a0427fd63cd2245602858881279a2c:/src/main.rs diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs index 7bf7dbe..2a0aa76 100644 --- a/src/main.rs +++ b/src/main.rs @@ -1,26 +1,127 @@ -#![allow(dead_code)] // Welcome to Rust-101 // =================== +// +// This is [Rust-101](https://www.ralfj.de/projects/rust-101/), a small tutorial for +// the [Rust language](https://www.rust-lang.org/). It is intended to be an interactive, +// hands-on course: I believe the only way to *really* learn a language is to write code +// in it, so you should be coding during the course. +// +// If you have any questions that are not answered here, check out the "Additional Resources" +// below. In particular, the IRC channel is filled with awesome people willing to help you! I spent +// lots of time there ;-) +// +// I will assume some familiarity with programming, and hence not explain the basic +// concepts common to most languages. Instead, I will focus on what makes Rust special. // -// This is Rust-101, a small tutorial to the [Rust language](http://www.rust-lang.org/). -// This is intended to be an interactive, hands-on course: I believe the only way to -// *really* learn a language is to write code in it, so you should be coding during -// the course. These documents mainly serve as a guide to the teacher, reminding me -// what to explain in which order, and making sure I have sample code for all topics -// I plan to cover. They may also be helpful as an offline resource, but you're on your -// own then. - -// The actual course is in the partXX.rs files. I suggest you get started with -// [the first part](part00.html), or jump directly to where you left off: +// Why Rust? +// --------- +// +// When you got here, I am kind of assuming that you already decided to give Rust at +// least a look, so that I don't have to do much convincing here. But just in +// case, here's why I think Rust is worth learning:
+// At this time, Rust is a language with a pretty unique set of goals. Rust aims to +// achieve C++-style control over memory and execution behavior (like, static vs. dynamic +// dispatch), which makes it possible to construct abstractions that carry no run-time +// cost. This is combined with the comfort of high-level functional languages and guaranteed +// safety (as in, the program will not crash in uncontrolled ways). The vast majority of existing +// languages sacrifices control for safety (for example, by enforcing the usage of +// a garbage collector) or vice versa. Rust can run without dynamic allocation (i.e., without +// a heap), and even without an operating system. In fact, Rust rules out more classes of bugs +// than languages that achieve safety with a garbage collector: Besides dangling pointers and +// double-free, Rust also prevents issues such as iterator invalidation and data races. Finally, +// it cleans up behind you, and deallocates resources (memory, but also file descriptors and really +// anything) when you don't need them anymore. +// +// +// Getting started +// --------------- +// +// You will need to have Rust installed, of course. It is available for download on +// [the Rust website](https://www.rust-lang.org/). Make sure you get at least version 1.3. +// More detailed installation instructions are provided in +// [The Book](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/book/). +// This will also install `cargo`, the tool responsible for building rust projects (or *crates*). +// +// Next, we have to prepare a workspace for you to conduct your Rust-101 work in, so that you don't +// have to start with an empty file. The easiest way is to +// [download the workspace](https://www.ralfj.de/projects/rust-101/workspace.zip) +// matching the online tutorial. Try `cargo build` in that new folder to check that compiling your +// workspace succeeds. +// (You can also execute it with `cargo run`, but you'll need to do some work before this does +// anything useful.) +// +// Alternatively, you can build the workspace from source by fetching the +// [git repository](https://www.ralfj.de/git/rust-101.git) and running `make workspace`. -// * [Part 00](part00.html) -// * [Part 01](part01.html) +// Course Content +// -------------- +// +// Open `your-workspace/src/part00.rs` in your favorite editor, and follow the link below for +// the explanations and exercises. You are ready to start. Have fun! +// +// ### Introduction +// +// * [Part 00: Algebraic datatypes](part00.html) +// * [Part 01: Expressions, Inherent methods](part01.html) +// * [Part 02: Generic types, Traits](part02.html) +// * [Part 03: Input](part03.html) +// +// ### Basic Rust +// +// * [Part 04: Ownership, Borrowing, References](part04.html) +// * [Part 05: Clone](part05.html) +// * [Part 06: Copy, Lifetimes](part06.html) +// * [Part 07: Operator Overloading, Tests, Formating](part07.html) +// * [Part 08: Associated Types, Modules](part08.html) +// * [Part 09: Iterators](part09.html) +// * [Part 10: Closures](part10.html) +// +// ### Advanced Rust +// +// * [Part 11: Trait Objects, Box, Lifetime bounds](part11.html) +// * [Part 12: Rc, Interior Mutability, Cell, RefCell](part12.html) +// * [Part 13: Concurrency, Arc, Send](part13.html) +// * [Part 14: Slices, Arrays, External Dependencies](part14.html) +// * [Part 15: Mutex, Interior Mutability (cont.), RwLock, Sync](part15.html) +// * [Part 16: Unsafe Rust, Drop](part16.html) +// +#![allow(dead_code, unused_imports, unused_variables, unused_mut, unreachable_code)] mod part00; mod part01; +mod part02; +mod part03; +mod part04; +mod part05; +mod part06; +mod part07; +mod part08; +mod part09; +mod part10; +mod part11; +mod part12; +mod part13; +mod part14; +mod part15; +mod part16; -// To actually run the code after filling in the blanks, simply edit the `main` -// function below. - +// To actually run the code of some part (after filling in the blanks, if necessary), simply edit +// the `main` function. fn main() { - part00::part_main(); + part00::main(); } + + +// Additional material +// ------------------- +// +// There's tons of useful Rust stuff out there, so let me just put links to some +// of the most interesting places here: +// +// * [The Rust Book](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/book/) +// * [The Rustonomicon](https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/nomicon/) +// * [Rust by Example](http://rustbyexample.com/) +// * The [Rust Subreddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/) +// * A [collection of links](https://github.com/ctjhoa/rust-learning) to blog posts, articles, +// videos, etc. for learning Rust. +// * For the IRC channel and other forums, see the "Community" section of the +// [Rust Documentation index](https://doc.rust-lang.org/index.html)