Rust Linz, June 2021 - Tim McNamara - How to learn Rust

Rust is a complicated programming language with a helpful, yet pedantic compiler. This talk aims to provide you some strategies for learning Rust your next programming language.
In this session, you will deepen your understanding of some fundamental Rust concepts, learn to deconstruct its syntax into simpler pieces, and discover many tools available to you to help you learn.
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Tim McNamara: / timclicks
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[@bruno-zl9qn]

I gave up on Rust two years ago... Too complicated for me. You gave me confidence to resume. Thank you.

[@johnwilliams7999]

I find it great that people who don’t come from a computer science can learn and become so knowledgeable about programming. The rust community is so great and welcoming

[@andersondamasceno1356]

I am thinking about learning Rust and one thing that helps me is that i am not caring about job, it is all about the interest of learning and this is a very good feeling.

[@JohnHAdams-vo2pk]

Great talk. I'm starting to use Rust at work. I've been coding in Go for the last 5 years and although I love Go, I'm looking forward to learning Rust. I've gone through both the official book and the O'Reilly Programming in Rust. Now going through your book, Rust in Action. But what I feel has been missing on my journey has been what to focus on first. So this talk is great. One frustration I have with Rust is that a lot of examples out there use crates that have changed quite a bit and so the resources out there do sometimes show you what seems like outdated versions of crates.

[@keatonhatch6213]

I like this approach. I’ve always found it easier to start with what most people call advanced but I like to think of it as the bigger picture. By learning the “bigger picture” the simpler things just fall into place.

[@thingsiplay]

21:35 For the borrow concept example:
read only borrow = open book and as many people as there are can look and read
read only ownership = give the book to one person, who can only read the book, but is not allowed to make notes
read and write ownership = give the book to one person, who is allowed to read and make notes and changes as the person wishes

[@JazzMachine77]

Super nice talk. Many years ago I was super excited about Rust. I got myself some books, watched a bunch of tutorials and I became relatively good at it. After that it died because I never worked with Rust and never did anything with it. I should definitely get back to it just for fun.

[@chadwick499]

totally agree, start with structs,vecs,result,option and iteration. i would however definitely include slices, if not covered alongside iteration.

[@Randych]

Timothy Samuel McNamara, a guy with a name resembling a drill sergeant rather than ordinary human being!
Your book is not so bad, thanks for writing it.

[@ozanmuyes]

4:45 the laughter was sincere, thanks for the video and advices

[@123fourU]

Right off the bat after Hello Linz intro struct is introduced and its implementation, lol. This is a fast ride lol. But great talk Tim thanks a bunch.

[@saipan1970]

Quite useful talk .Please make the fonts bigger and a little bright theme or just plain white background.Mobile views are not clear not even in 1080p.Thanks again for the talk,will check the book.

[@RichReflectionz]

This was an awesome video, I am new to programming and chose to learn rust, even though there are many that said it is not a good idea as it is not beginner friendly. But I am going to keep at it, especially after hearing from Tim as well that it is possible. Gave me my confidence knowing I am going to make it if I keep at it.

[@brentsteyn6671]

Hi man, how is your learning going so far?

[@RichReflectionz]

@@brentsteyn6671 sorry just saw this now, 3rd month in and can say it is getting a bit easier to understand. A lot to learn still especially when it comes to genetics, writings tests and lifetimes.
Also a lot to rethink everytime when I thing I should use structs Vs enums, but that’s the fun of it I guess

[@random_bit]

@@RichReflectionz nice to see you keep going on!
As a Cpr Eng, all that matters in my opinion is your willingness to learn. Yes, Rust is harder to learn than say Python, but you'll learn regardless as long as you keep on chugging along.
I suck at writing Rust, but I still try to learn more and use it more :)

[@srijan7593]

@R T @Brent Steyn @random bit hey guys I'm new to coding and starting rust can u plz tell me some good sources for learning.

[@lavorarestanca]

@@srijan7593 ​Check out the channel called Lets Get Rusty. There's also a tutorial from freecodecamp. And the rust book, which you can find searching The Rust Programming Language, is also a good resource. Good luck on your journey, mate

[@tomkirbygreen]

This is a wonderful talk. I really appreciate the mixture of tech and humanity. Kudos sir.

[@thengakola6217]

the part about confidence and stuff really helped... thx :)

[@rodelias9378]

Awesome talk Tim! Thanks a lot!

[@EwaldHorn]

This was such a useful talk, thank you!

[@timClicks]

Glad that you enjoyed it! Let me know if you have any questions

[@twistedlog24]

This was such a good talk!! Thanks

[@rebelScience]

Amazing talk. Thank you so much.

[@K5RTO]

Thanks for this.

[@timClicks]

My pleasure. Thanks to the organisers for hosting a meetup at 10pm local time

[@felipecandia3144]

Good talk, thanks :)

[@arash2229]

Thanks ❤️

[@amjadiqbal478]

Great lessons for the starters. An abc if Rust coding.🐯🙏🇵🇰

[@alexanderschaub706]

you are awesome! thank you.

[@lewallen1971]

Thanks, this was a very helpful talk.

[@tyfacey3554]

Great Talk! I am considering on buying your book "Rust in Action", would you say that your book can also help a beginner in Rust?

[@timClicks]

Yes. It is designed for beginners Rust who have experience with another programming language. I hope that you enjoy reading it and learn a lot.

[@Xeros08]

I have only one question:
Why a crab?

[@benwright4052]

cRUSTacean. Had the same question once.

[@chiragsingla.]

thanks :)

[@jackwells9893]

Is he scottish by any chance?

[@tomasz-waszczyk]

th-cam.com/video/sDtQaO5_SOw/w-d-xo.html => "underscore T" or "underscore x"??

[@Raleighthrbub123]

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