Rust... Why...?

Why you should be coding in Rust

https://github.com/abstecker/why-rust

Key Features to this developer's heart

• Memory Management
  • (avoids Billion Dollar Mistake)
  • No garbage collection Example
• Consistency (Compare to Go and Angular)
• Tests in same file (who knew I needed this?)
• doctests!!!

My Advice on using Rust is...

Don't

JUST DON'T!

WHY?

It's a Trap!!!

Reasons

• It will make you hate every other language
• ...

Example 1: Managing Installations

• Java: Oracle, sdkman!, Homebrew, Chocolatey, APT
• Node.JS: NPM, N
• Ruby: RVM, rbenv, chruby
• Ubiquitous: asdf
• Python: ¯_(ツ)_/¯ (T-Shirt Cannon, AFAIK)

Example 1 cont... (Rust Version)

• rustup

Example 2: Build Tools

• C++: Make, CMake, Autotools, Meson, Bazel, Ninja
• Java: Ant, Maven, Ivy, Gradle, Bazel, SBT
• Server-side JS: Node.JS, Deno, NPM, Yarn
• JS: Grunt, Webpack, Parcel, Rollup, Vite, kill me... please...

Example 2 cont... (Rust Version)

• Cargo

Example 3: Linting

• C/C++: Lint, IntelliSense, Flint, CppLint, CppCheck, clang-tidy
• JS: ESLint, JSLint
• etc etc etc

Example 3 cont... (Rust Version)

• Clippy

Example 4: Testing

• AceUnit, AcuTest, API Sanity Checker, Aeryn, ATF, Bandit, BDD-for-C, Boost Test Library, BugEye, Cantata++, Casmine, Catch, Catch2, CATCH-VC6, Catsrunner, CBDD, cfix, Cgreen, CHEAT, Check, Cmocka, Cmockery, CppUTest, Cput, CPPOCL/test, CppTest, cpptest-lite, CppUnit, CppUnitLite, CPUnit, Criterion, crpcut, CT, CU, CUTE, cutee, CTest, CUnit, CUnit (CUnity Fork), CUnitWin32, CUT, Cutter, CxxTest, doctest, EmbeddedUnit, Embunit, Exercisix, FakeIt, FCTX, Fructose, GLib Testing, Google C++ Mocking Framework, Google Test,

GUnit, Hammocking, Hestia, Hippomocks, Igloo, lcut, lest, libcester, liblittletest, LibU, libunittest, mettle, Microsoft Unit Testing Framework for C++, Mimicc, MinUnit, mock++/mockcpp, mockitopp, mockpp, Mut, Nala, NanoCppUnit, NovaProva, NullUnit, OAKUT, Opmock, Parasoft C/C++test, PicoTest, qc, QtTest, Rexo, SafetyNet, ShortCUT, STRIDE, Symbian OS Unit, TBrun, RCUNIT, Rexo, RTRT, SeaTest, Smarttester, Sput, sTest, STRIDE, LDRA Testbed, Tau, Tessy, TDOG, TestApe, Test Dept.,

Test soon, Testwell CTA++, TF unit test, Theft, tinytest, TPT, tpunit++, Trompeloeil, TUT, Typemock Isolator++, Unit++, unit.hpp, UnitTest++, Unity, upp11, UquoniTest, usfstl, μt, VectorCAST/C, Visual Assert, WinUnit, xTests, xUnit++

Example 4 cont... (Rust Version)

• Test

The quantum quandaries of the polyglot programmer

C, C++, Ruby, Python, Perl, Basic, Visual Basic, VBScript, LiveScript, JavaScript, ECMAScript, TypeScript, Go, Scala, Java, Elixir, Erlang, Pascal, C#, F#, Eiffel, Clojure

x languages TIMES y frameworks = I am too old for this ...

The Moral:

Just because a language doesn't, doesn't mean you don't have to.

(How many negatives is this?)

Areas I am Watching

• WASM
• Embedded Rust

WASM

• Rust WASM Book
  • Implementing Conway's Game of Life
• wasm-pack
• Rust WebAssembly (WASM) working group

Embedded Rust

• Books
  • The Discovery book
  • The Embedded Rust Book
  • The Embedonomicon
• Rust on Embedded Devices Working Group
• Awesome Embedded Rust
• Running Rust on Microcontrollers
• Rust for Embedded – Is It Ready Yet?

5 roadblocks to Rust adoption in embedded systems

• Commercial Support
• Training Costs
• Conservative Adoption of Technologies
• Toolchain Integration
• Lack of Standardization

Free Books!

• The Rust Programming Language
• The Rust Performance Book
• The Rustonomicon
• Rust Design Patterns
• Effective Rust
• Rust Atomics and Locks
• The Little Book of Rust Macros

Rust YouTube Channels

• Jeremy Chone https://youtube.com/@JeremyChone
• No Boilerplate: https://youtube.com/@NoBoilerplate
• Logan Smith: https://youtube.com/@_noisecode
• Tim Clicks: https://youtube.com/@timClicks
• Lets Get Rusty: https://youtube.com/@letsgetrusty
• Jon Gjengset: https://youtube.com/@jonhoo

The World's Simplest Kata

https://github.com/devplaybooks/rust_worlds_simplest_kata

Created by Christoph (@folkengine)

https://github.com/abstecker/why-rust