Schedule

Topics	Extra Material	Slides	Homework
Introduction Details ▼ Intro Why Rust? Cargo Basics Variables and Mutability Data Types Functions, Statements, and Expressions Control Flow Course Logistics	Rust Book Chapters 1–3 `rustlings` exercises variables functions if primitive_types	light (pdf) dark (pdf)	handout writeup
Ownership Details ▼ Preliminary Content Announcements and Review Review: Scopes `String` and String Literals Ownership Ownership Rules, Memory Allocation, and Aliasing `Copy` and `Clone` Traits Ownership with Functions and Return Values References and Borrowing References vs Ownership Immutable and Mutable References Dangling References and Data Races Slices `&str` `Vec`	Rust Book Chapter 4 YouTube video Brown Rust Book Chapter 4 More low-level overview of ownership	light (pdf) dark (pdf)	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 Match Control Flow Enum basics Pattern Matching Option Type `if let`	Rust Book Chapter 5 Rust Book Chapter 6	light (pdf) dark (pdf)	handout writeup
Collections and Generics Details ▼ Vectors `Vec<T>` API Ownership and Borrowing Strings UTF-8 `String` API Maps Focus on `HashMap` and `HashSet` `Entry` API Generics Functions Structs and Enums `impl` Blocks Monomorphization	Rust Book Chapter 8 Rust Book Chapter 10.1	light (pdf) dark (pdf)	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 10.1 Rust Book Chapter 10.2	light (pdf) dark (pdf)	handout writeup
Modules and Testing Details ▼ Module System Packages and Crates Using Modules Module Paths Testing Controlled Testing Test Organization	Rust Book Chapter 7 Rust Book Chapter 11 Rust Book Chapter 14	light (pdf) dark (pdf)	handout writeup
Crates, Closures, and Iterators Details ▼ Crate Highlights `rand` `clap` `anyhow` `flamegraph` Closures Fn Traits Iterators Loops vs. Iterators	Rust Book Chapter 13 Rust Book Chapter 14	light (pdf) dark (pdf)	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)	light (pdf) dark (pdf)
Smart Points 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		light (pdf) dark (pdf)
Parallelism Details ▼ Threads Synchronization Message Passing `Send` and `Sync` More Synchronization		light (pdf) dark (pdf)	handout writeup
Concurrency Details ▼ `async`/`await` Futures Polling		light (pdf) dark (pdf)
Unsafe Details ▼ Memory Leaks Unsafe Superpowers Raw Pointers FFI		light (pdf) dark (pdf)