Description

Integrating Rust shows you how to create fast, secure software while keeping full control. This book helps you with the knowledge to seamlessly integrate Rust into your existing development workflow, using its power for high-performance systems programming and beyond.

This book is your go-to guide for bringing Rust into your tech stack to build secure, high-performance software. Designed for developers and tech leads, this book offers tools and insights for seamlessly adopting Rust in multi-language environments, modernizing workflows, and optimizing legacy systems. It explains Rust’s type system and safety features while providing step-by-step examples for working with C, C++, databases, embedded systems, and WebAssembly. Learn to replace critical components, design efficient systems, and enhance web and cloud applications. This book contains practical tips to help you achieve scalability, reliability, and top-notch performance.

By the end of this book, you will be well-equipped to integrate Rust into your projects, avoid common mistakes, and deliver efficient, secure software aligned with modern standards.

Key Features

● Learn Rust basics and write efficient, idiomatic code for various projects.

● Build programming fluency through practical projects that enhance real-world coding skills.

● Explore Rust’s speed, safety, and concurrency, making it ideal for startups, large companies, and scalable web services.

What you will learn

● Optimize legacy systems by rewriting performance-critical components in Rust.

● Integrate Rust with existing C, C++, and WebAssembly projects.

● Leverage Rust’s safety features for secure, reliable software development.

● Use Rust’s concurrency model for multi-threaded and distributed systems.

● Implement Rust in web, database embedded systems, and cloud-based applications.

● Master Rust’s ecosystem, tools, and best development practices.

Who this book is for

This book is designed for software developers, system architects, and tech leads who want to integrate Rust into their existing projects or initiate a new project using Rust. Readers should possess a basic understanding of programming concepts and have experience with at least one other programming language, such as C.

Table of Contents

1. Getting Started with Rust

2. Fundamentals of Rust Programming Language

3. Ownership and Memory Management

4. Structs, Enums, and Collections

5. Packages, Crates, and Modules

6. Error Handling

7. Generics and Traits

8. Working with File Systems

9. Text Processing

10. Concurrency and Parallelism

11. Device Input/Output Handling

12. Working with Terminals

13. Processes and Signal Handling

14. Working with Databases

15. Network Programming

16. Unsafe Rust

17. Foreign Function Interface

18. Embedded Rust

19. Running Rust from Web Browsers

20. Working with Rhai: An Embedded Scripting for Rust