Most of my career I worked on web tech using js and ruby. Typed, compiled languages were alien to me but I was intrigued by the reliability, performance, and usability Rust offers. The rust-bitcoin ecosystem finally motivated me to start my Rust journey. Here’s how I did it 👇
📕The Book - doc.rust-lang.org/book
The book is single handedly the best resource for starting out in Rust. I recommend reading through this at least once to get a good overview and then use it as needed as a reference when a specific topic comes up in your programming.
The book is single handedly the best resource for starting out in Rust. I recommend reading through this at least once to get a good overview and then use it as needed as a reference when a specific topic comes up in your programming.
🧙♂️Rust Analyzer - rust-analyzer.github.io
The Rust compiler is known for producing errors that are actually helpful. Rust Analyzer is a plugin that brings this info to you in real time as you code. It also automatically surfaces docs, auto-completion, and so much more.
The Rust compiler is known for producing errors that are actually helpful. Rust Analyzer is a plugin that brings this info to you in real time as you code. It also automatically surfaces docs, auto-completion, and so much more.
🧑🤝🧑Discord Communities – discord.gg/rust-lang-comm…
Discord communities are welcoming and full of folks willing to help when you need it. Don’t only ask questions, you can learn a ton by helping others solve their problems. Bonus: They are a great place to meet like-minded people!
Discord communities are welcoming and full of folks willing to help when you need it. Don’t only ask questions, you can learn a ton by helping others solve their problems. Bonus: They are a great place to meet like-minded people!
💡Passion Project
Hands down the best way to learn a new language is to have a problem you are passionate about solving. Do what you can and each time you get stuck refer to the resources above to help you figure it out. This will provide direction for what to learn when.
Hands down the best way to learn a new language is to have a problem you are passionate about solving. Do what you can and each time you get stuck refer to the resources above to help you figure it out. This will provide direction for what to learn when.
👨💻Open Source
Find a project you’d be excited to contribute to or is a dependency of your passion project. Most projects do a great job at labeling issues with ‘Good First Issue’ to help newcomers get familiar with the project. I recommend @bitcoindevkit and @lightningdevkit
Find a project you’d be excited to contribute to or is a dependency of your passion project. Most projects do a great job at labeling issues with ‘Good First Issue’ to help newcomers get familiar with the project. I recommend @bitcoindevkit and @lightningdevkit
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