From JavaScript to Rust

Go From JavaScript to Rust
Table of Contents
Preface
A note on contributions:
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1. Introduction
1.1. A guide to Rust from a node.js developer’s perspective.
1.2. Wait, why does anyone need to learn anything but JavaScript?
1.3. Why Rust?
1.4. How to use this book
2. Installing rust with rustup
2.1. rust-toolchain.toml
2.2. Next steps
3. From npm to cargo
3.1. Introduction
3.2. npm to cargo mapping
3.3. Wrap-up
4. Setting up Visual Studio Code
4.1. Introduction
4.2. Core language setup
4.3. Additional extensions
4.4. Wrap-up
5. Hello World (and your first two WTFs)
5.1. Introduction
5.2. Strings WTF #1
5.3. Strings WTF #2
5.4. Wrap-up
6. Borrowing & Ownership
6.1. Introduction
6.2. Wrap-up
7. Strings, Part 1
7.1. Introduction
7.2. Additional links
7.3. Rust strings in a nutshell
7.4. Wrap-up
8. Language Part 1: Syntax & Differences
8.1. Introduction
8.2. Wrap-up
9. From objects and classes to HashMaps and structs
9.1. Introduction
9.2. From Map to HashMap
9.3. From objects and classes to structs
9.4. Wrap-up
10. Enums and Methods
10.1. Introduction
10.2. Wrap-up
11. From Mixins to Traits
11.1. Introduction
11.2. Wrap-up
12. The Module System
12.1. Introduction
12.2. "How do I import a file in Rust?"
12.3. "How do I import functions from other modules?"
12.4. The pieces of the Rust Module System
12.5. Wrap-up
13. Strings, Part 2
13.1. Introduction
13.2. Should I use &str or String for my function arguments?
13.3. Wrap-up
14. Demystifying Results & Options
14.1. Introduction
14.2. Option recap
14.3. Result
14.4. The problem with .unwrap()
14.5. Wrap-up
15. Managing Errors
15.1. Introduction
15.2. Wrap-up
16. Closures
16.1. Introduction
16.2. Closure syntax comparison
16.3. Wrap-up
17. Lifetimes, References, and 'static
17.1. Introduction
17.2. Lifetimes vs lifetime annotations
17.3. Lifetime elision
17.4. The 'static lifetime
17.5. Wrap-up
18. Arrays, Loops, and Iterators
18.1. Introduction
18.2. Recap: vec![], Vec, and VecDeque
18.3. Loops
18.4. Labels, break, continue
18.5. break & loop expressions
18.6. Intro to Rust Iterators
18.7. Translating Array.prototype methods
18.8. Wrap-up
19. Async in Rust
19.1. Introduction
19.2. Wrap-up
20. Tests and Project Structure
20.1. Introduction
20.2. Creating your workspace
20.3. Starting a library
20.4. Creating a CLI that uses your library
20.5. Running your CLI from your workspace
20.6. Additional reading
20.7. Wrap-up
21. CLI Arguments and Logging
21.1. Introduction
21.2. Adding debug logs
21.3. Adding CLI Arguments
21.4. Putting it all together.
21.5. Additional reading
21.6. Wrap-up
22. Building and Running WebAssembly
22.1. Introduction
22.2. Building a WebAssembly module
22.3. Additional reading
22.4. Wrap-up
23. Handling JSON
23.1. Introduction
23.2. Enter serde
23.3. Extending our CLI
23.4. Representing arbitrary JSON
23.5. Additional reading
23.6. Wrap-up
24. Cheating The Borrow Checker
24.1. Introduction
24.2. Mutex & RwLock
24.3. Async
24.4. Additional reading
24.5. Wrap-up
25. Crates & Valuable Tools
25.1. Introduction
25.2. Crates
25.3. Additional reading
25.4. Wrap-up