Rust Programming

Course Overview

Course Description:Start your Rust journey by learning syntax, data types, and ownership concepts. Build a solid foundation in safe systems programming with hands-on examples.

Topics Covered:

• Basics of Rust syntax and programming concepts
• Understanding ownership, borrowing, and lifetimes
• Data types, variables, and basic operations
• Control flow: loops, conditionals, and pattern matching
• Functions, modules, and simple error handling

Syllabus

Module 1: Rust Fundamentals

• Introduction to Rust & installation (rustup, Cargo)
• Syntax basics (variables, constants, mutability, shadowing)
• Data types: scalars & compound types (tuples, arrays)
• Control flow: if-else, loops, match

LAB 1

• Install Rust & create a Cargo project
• Write programs: Fibonacci, factorial, prime check
• Build a temperature converter (Celsius ↔ Fahrenheit)

Module 2: Ownership, Borrowing & Error Handling

• Ownership rules & memory safety
• Borrowing & references (mutable & immutable)
• Slices
• Error handling (Result, Option, unwrap, expect)

LAB 2

• String reverser demonstrating ownership rules
• Create a safe division calculator using Result
• Handle user input errors gracefully

Module 3: Structs, Enums & Collections

• Structs & methods (impl blocks)
• Enums & pattern matching
• Vectors, HashMaps & Strings
• Modules & visibility (pub, mod)

LAB 3

• Student Management System using Structs & Vectors
• Create a CLI To-Do List App using Enums
• Store & retrieve key-value data using HashMap

Module 4: Advanced Rust & Projects

• Generics & Traits
• Lifetimes & reference management
• Concurrency & multithreading (std::thread, channels)
• File handling & I/O operations
• Using external crates (Serde, Reqwest, Tokio)
• Capstone Project (end-to-end)

LAB 4

• Build a multi-threaded counter using thread::spawn
• Read/write CSV & JSON using Serde
• Make an HTTP request using Reqwest
• Capstone: File Manager / Web Scraper / Chat App / Blockchain Wallet Simulator

Learning Outcome

• Understand Rust's memory safety, ownership, and borrowing system.
• Develop efficient CLI applications using collections, structs, and enums.
• Apply concurrency, error handling, external crates, and file I/O in real-world projects.