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Learn Rust: A Curated Starter Kit
Rust is a systems programming language focused on safety, speed, and concurrency. Its ownership model catches whole classes of memory bugs at compile time, with no garbage collector. This slate is a test of the Link (resource) chip, so the heart of it is a set of external links you can tap. Each one below points to a genuinely useful, free resource for going from zero to productive in Rust.


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Everything below is a Link chip. Tap any card to open the resource in a new tab. Start at the top and work down: the book first, then the interactive exercises, then the playground for quick experiments.


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https://www.rust-lang.org/
Rust official site: install, tools, and community

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https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/
The Rust Programming Language (the free official book)

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https://doc.rust-lang.org/rust-by-example/
Rust by Example: learn by reading runnable snippets

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https://github.com/rust-lang/rustlings
Rustlings: small hands-on exercises straight in your terminal

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https://exercism.org/tracks/rust
Exercism Rust track: practice problems with mentor feedback

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https://play.rust-lang.org/
Rust Playground: run and share code in the browser, no install

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https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/
Standard library documentation, searchable

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https://crates.io/
crates.io: the Rust package registry

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https://this-week-in-rust.org/
This Week in Rust: a weekly newsletter to stay current

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A four week path through the resources above
[ ] - Week 1: read chapters 1 to 6 of the book and install the toolchain with rustup.
[ ] - Week 2: work through Rustlings alongside chapters 7 to 12 (ownership and structs).
[ ] - Week 3: solve five Exercism problems, checking the standard library docs as you go.
[ ] - Week 4: build one small project, publish nothing, just get it compiling and running.

:QUOTE [quotetype:plain, subtitle:A common refrain among Rust learners]
The compiler is your friend. When it complains, it is usually saving you from a bug you would have shipped in another language.