Rust 13. Build a Small CLI Project
Practical Rust guide to building a small word counter CLI by combining project structure, file input, collections, and tests.
Rust Learning Guides
Rust learning archive covering setup, debugging, syntax fundamentals, ownership, generics, concurrency, and async.
This hub is organized as a beginner-friendly Rust series that starts with installation and moves toward ownership, traits, error handling, concurrency, and async. Each post is written as a practical guide that can be read in sequence.
Connection to AI Agent Operations
The Rust track is useful when reviewing code produced by AI agents. Pair it with why build and test are not enough to validate agent work and use the examples as small, verifiable units.
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Rust 12. Serde with JSON and TOML Basics
Beginner-friendly Rust guide to serializing and deserializing JSON and TOML with serde, serde_json, and toml.
Rust 11. File I/O and Command-Line Input
Rust guide to file and CLI input with std::fs::read_to_string, write, std::env::args, and Result.
Rust 10. Testing in Rust
Beginner-friendly Rust testing guide to cargo test, unit tests, integration tests, assert_eq!, and Result-based tests.
Rust 09. Crates, Packages, and Project Layout
Rust guide to crates, packages, main.rs, lib.rs, mod, use, and pub in a Cargo project.
Rust 08. Vec, String, &str, and HashMap Basics
Beginner-friendly Rust guide to Vec, String, &str, and HashMap with examples and a word-frequency walkthrough.
Rust 07. Modules, Smart Pointers, Concurrency, and Async
Rust fundamentals guide to modules, smart pointers, concurrency, and async with examples.
Rust 06. Generics, Error Handling, Closures, and Iterators
Rust fundamentals guide to generics, error handling, closures, and iterators with examples.
Rust 05. Structs, Enums, Pattern Matching, and Traits
Rust fundamentals guide to structs, enums, pattern matching, and traits with examples.
Rust 04. Ownership, Borrowing, and Lifetimes
Rust fundamentals guide explaining ownership, borrowing, and lifetimes through examples.
Rust 03. Variables, Types, Control Flow, and Functions
Beginner guide to Rust variables, basic types, control flow, and functions with examples.
Rust 02. Debugging with rust-analyzer and CodeLLDB
Practical VS Code guide to debugging Rust projects with rust-analyzer and CodeLLDB.
Rust 01. Install Rust and Run Hello World
Beginner-friendly guide to installing Rust on Windows with VS Code and running Hello World.