Schedule

Introduction

• 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)

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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 TBA

Lifetimes

• Details TBA

Smart Points and Trait Objects

• Details TBA

Unsafe

• Details TBA

Parallelism

• Details TBA

Concurrency

• Details TBA

Ownership (Part 2)

• Details TBA