Rust Fundamentals will cover the topics below.
Integral to the course are hands-on sessions for almost all topics covered, complemented by a project developed through the course, which integrates the acquired knowledge with a working example that can be used as a basis for real projects.
Course Content
Rust application overview
Rust's 101 • How does Rust compare to other languages? • Safety features in the Rust language • Rust tools for embedded development • Memory control • Rust's embedded credentials
Rust language overview
Syntax rules and conventions • Declarations and statements • Rust expressions • Rust loops • Fields and scopes • Rust abstract data types
Data types in Rust
Scalar types • Type casting • Compound types
Rust Operators
Arithmetic operators • Logical operators • Relational operators • Type operators
Variables, Constants, Mutable
Scope of declaration • Mutability • Memory allocation
Control Flow
Conditional execution • Pattern matching • Rust Loops and early terminations
Ownership and Borrowing
The ownership paradigm • Shared references • Mutable references • Move versus copy types
Functions
Arguments list • Return values • Local declarations • Formal VS actual arguments' kind • Function pointers • Closures and functional programming
Advanced function definitions
Overloading • Lifetimes • Generic functions
More on Types
String types • Struct Types • Enumerated Types • Options and Results • The Box Type
Crates and modules
What are crates? • Commonly used crates in Rust • Creating and using crates • Crates in embedded Rust #![no_main] #![no_std] • What are modules? • Basic module implementation • Hierarchical modules • Managing abstraction with pub • pub use case with struct, enum, trait, mod • Accessing the module's content
Abstraction and Implementation
Generic and Traits
