Schedule

Topics	Extra Material	Slides	Homework
Introduction Details ▼ Why Rust? Cargo basics Variables and mutability Data types Functions, statements, and expressions Control flow Course logistics	Lecture 1 Video (by Connor) Rust Book Chapters 1-3 `rustlings` exercises variables functions if primitive_types	light (pdf) dark (pdf)	PrimerLab (handout / writeup)
Ownership (Part 1) Details ▼ Ownership Ownership Rules Motivation: Strings Data validity Move semantics, `Copy` and `Clone` Ownership with functions and return values References and Borrowing References vs Ownership Immutable and mutable references Dangling References and data races Slices `Vec` Sneak Peek	Rust Book Chapter 4 YouTube Version	light (pdf) dark (pdf)	GetOwnedLab (handout / writeup)
Structs and Enums Details ▼ Ownership Review Structs Creating structs Update syntax Tuple structs Unit structs Lifetimes sneak peek `impl` Structs and Methods Automatic referencing and dereferencing `Self` vs `&self` Associated functions Enum basics Option Type Pattern Matching `match` control flow	Rust Book Chapter 5 Rust Book Chapter 6	light (pdf) dark (pdf)	CardLab (handout / writeup)
Collections and Generics Details ▼ Vectors `Vec<T>` API Ownership and Borrowing Strings UTF-8 `String` API Maps `HashMap` `Entry` API Generics Functions Structs and Enums `impl` Blocks Monomorphization	Rust Book Chapter 8 Rust Book Chapter 10.1 Crust of Rust: std::collections (livestream)	light (pdf) dark (pdf)	Multilab (handout / writeup)
Error Handling and Traits Details ▼ Type Aliases Const Generics Error Handling panic! Result<V,E> The Never Type Traits Intro to Traits Derivable Traits Trait Bounds	Rust Book Chapter 9 Rust Book Chapter 10.2	light (pdf) dark (pdf)	PokerLab (handout / writeup) SummaryLab (handout / writeup)
Modules and Testing Details ▼ Module System Packages and Crates Using Modules Module Paths Testing Simple Testing Controlled Testing Test Organization Code Review	Rust Book Chapter 7 Rust Book Chapter 11	light (pdf) dark (pdf)	GrepLab (handout / writeup)
The Rust Ecosystem Details ▼ The Rust Toolchain `rustup` `clippy` `rustfmt` Performance and Analysis Criterion Flamegraphs Reading Documentation `rand` `time` vs `chrono` `anyhow` vs `thiserror`	The rustup book Criterion.rs Documentation Curated Rust Ecosystem Crates	light (pdf) dark (pdf)	Ownership Quiz (Gradescope)
Closures and Iterators Details ▼ Closures `Fn` Traits Iterators Crate Highlights `rand` `clap` `anyhow` `flamegraph`	Rust Book Chapter 13 Rust Book Chapter 14 Crust of Rust: Functions, Closures, and Their Traits (livestream) Crust of Rust: Iterators (livestream)	light (pdf) dark (pdf)	IterLab (handout / writeup)
Lifetimes Details ▼ Intro and Motivation Annotations Elision Generics and Bounds 'static	What is 'a lifetime? (video) Rust Book Chapter 10.3 Lifetimes (Rustonomicon) Lifetimes (Rust by Example) Crust of Rust: Lifetime Annotations (livestream)	light (pdf) dark (pdf)	SplitLab (handout / writeup)
Smart Pointers and Trait Objects Details ▼ The `Box<T>` Type The `Deref` Trait Deref Coercion The `Drop` Trait and `std::mem::drop` Trait Objects Dynamic dispatch with `dyn` Dynamically Sized Types The `Rc` Type The `RefCell` Type	Crust of Rust: Smart Pointers and Interior Mutability (livestream) Crust of Rust: Dispatch and Fat Pointers (livestream)	light (pdf) dark (pdf)
Unsafe Details ▼ Memory Leaks Unsafe Superpowers Raw Pointers FFI	The Rustonomicon Crust of Rust: Smart Pointers and Interior Mutability (livestream)	light (pdf) dark (pdf)
Parallelism Details ▼ Parallelism vs Concurrency Multithreading Mutual Exclusion and `Mutex<T>` Atomics Message Passing `thread::scope` `Arc<T>`	Crust of Rust: Channels (livestream) Crust of Rust: Atomics and Memory Ordering (livestream) Crust of Rust: Send, Sync, and their implementors (livestream)	light (pdf) dark (pdf)	RowLab (handout / writeup) FilterLab (handout / writeup)
Concurrency Details ▼ Details TBA	—	—