A Novice’s Guide to Rust Programming

So, you’re here for a mission and that’s to explore the world of Rust programming! Fantastic choice, buddy! Rust has been gaining popularity as one of the ‘most loved languages’ and why not! (Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2020). A journey, I can assure, will be both exciting and enlightening – and I’m beside you for the ride. Let’s not dawdle any longer, shall we?

Rust? Could it be any rustier?

First things you might think – What is Rust? Does it have anything to do with the actual rust? Luckily, no. It’s a modern system programming language developed by Mozilla, focusing on performance, reliability, and productivity (The Rust Programming Language).

First Encounter with Rust

Remember the thrill when you wrote your first “Hello World” program? For me, it was a magical moment, as if I had awakened a new language within. And the same excitement, my friend, waits for you on your Rust adventure. So, how about we write our first Rust program?

Once you’ve installed Rust (check out this awesome Installation guide here), open your favorite editor and type in:

fn main() {
    println!("Hello, beginners!");
}

Save this as ‘main.rs’. Run it by typing ‘rustc main.rs’ followed by ‘./main’ in your terminal. There you go! You’ve just said “Hello” to the Rust world. Exciting, isn’t it?

Why Rust, You Ask?

Now you might be wondering why choose Rust over other languages? For one, remember those times when your program crashed mysteriously or even worse, behaved weirdly but never crashed? Rust’s focus on safety can save you from these ‘nightmares’. It forces us to confront our errors head-on before they become a menace (Why Rust?).

I Spy a Fun Journey ahead!

Our journey with Rust is just beginning and there lies a road ahead full of learning and mastering the nuances of this powerful language. In the end, don’t just take my word for it, dive in yourself and let the wonders of Rust amaze you – just as they’ve amazed me.

Stay tuned for our next post where we dive deeper into the Rust universe – we’re in this together, after all. Happy coding, beginner!