Overview

Need practical solutions for Rust challenges? These guides provide step-by-step solutions for specific problems you’ll encounter in Rust development.

Quick Reference

Cookbook

Rust Cookbook - 30+ copy-paste-ready recipes organized by category. Perfect for quick lookups while coding.

Fundamental Skills (6 guides)

• Working with Ownership - Master move semantics, borrowing, and lifetimes
• Error Handling Strategies - Result, Option, custom errors, propagation patterns
• Managing Dependencies with Cargo - Cargo.toml, workspaces, features
• Writing Effective Tests - Unit, integration, doc tests, test organization
• Working with Collections - Vec, HashMap, String patterns
• Implementing Traits - Standard traits, custom traits, trait objects

Concurrency and Async (2 guides)

• Concurrent Programming - Threads, channels, shared state patterns
• Async/Await Patterns - Tokio, async functions, streams

Application Development (4 guides)

• Building CLI Applications - Argument parsing, file I/O, error reporting
• REST API Development - Actix/Axum, request handling, middleware
• Database Integration - Diesel/SQLx, async operations, migrations
• Performance Optimization - Profiling, benchmarking, avoiding allocations

Advanced Topics (6 guides)

• Macro Development - Declarative and procedural macros
• FFI and Interop - C interop, bindgen
• WebAssembly Development - WASM compilation, browser integration
• Embedded Rust - no_std, HAL, embedded patterns
• Advanced Type Patterns - Type-state, phantom types, const generics
• Unsafe Rust Safely - When to use unsafe, safety invariants

How to Use These Guides

1. Start with Cookbook for quick recipes
2. Read fundamental guides to build solid foundations
3. Explore domain-specific guides based on your project needs
4. Reference advanced guides when hitting specialized challenges

Each guide includes:

• Clear problem statement
• Step-by-step solution
• Complete working examples
• Common pitfalls to avoid
• Variations and alternatives
• Links to related guides

Guide Categories

By Complexity

Beginner-Friendly:

• Working with Collections
• Managing Dependencies with Cargo
• Writing Effective Tests

Intermediate:

• Working with Ownership
• Error Handling Strategies
• Implementing Traits
• Concurrent Programming
• Building CLI Applications

Advanced:

• Async/Await Patterns
• REST API Development
• Database Integration
• Performance Optimization
• Macro Development
• FFI and Interop
• WebAssembly Development
• Embedded Rust
• Advanced Type Patterns
• Unsafe Rust Safely

By Use Case

Systems Programming:

• Working with Ownership
• Performance Optimization
• FFI and Interop
• Unsafe Rust Safely

Web Development:

• REST API Development
• Database Integration
• Async/Await Patterns
• Error Handling Strategies

CLI Tools:

• Building CLI Applications
• Error Handling Strategies
• Writing Effective Tests
• Managing Dependencies with Cargo

WebAssembly:

• WebAssembly Development
• Performance Optimization
• Advanced Type Patterns

Embedded Systems:

• Embedded Rust
• Unsafe Rust Safely
• Performance Optimization
• Advanced Type Patterns

Related Resources

• Tutorials - Comprehensive learning path
• Reference - Quick reference materials
• Best Practices - Idiomatic patterns
• Anti-Patterns - Common mistakes

Find the guide you need and solve your Rust challenge!