Outline of the Rust programming language

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Rust:

Rust is a multi-paradigm programming language emphasizing performance, memory safety, and concurrency. Rust was initially developed by Graydon Hoare starting in 2006, later sponsored and maintained by Mozilla Research starting in 2009, and first publicly released in 2010, with version 1.0 released in 2015. Rust is syntactically similar to C++ but guarantees memory safety without needing a garbage collector.

What type of language is Rust?

History of Rust

General Rust concepts

Issues, limits

Rust toolchain

Compilers

Build and package management

Rust libraries and frameworks

Testing and benchmarking

Notable projects written in Rust

Example source code

Rust publications

Books about Rust

  • Klabnik, Steve; Nichols, Carol; Krycho, Chris (2026). The Rust Programming Language (3rd ed.). No Starch Press. ISBN 978-1-7185-0444-8. OCLC 1591968943.
  • The Secrets of Rust: Tools – Bitfield Consulting
  • Drysdale, David. Effective Rust: 35 specific ways to improve your Rust code. O'Reilly Media. ISBN 978-1-0981-5137-9. OCLC 1422579583.
  • Gjengset, Jon (2022). Rust for Rustaceans: idiomatic programming for experienced developers. No Starch Press. ISBN 978-1-7185-0185-0. OCLC 1289300769.
  • Blandy, Jim; Orendorff, Jason; Tindall, Leonora F.S. (2026). Programming Rust: fast, safe systems development (3rd ed.). O'Reilly Media. OCLC 1573515932.
  • McNamara, Tim S. (2021). Rust in Action : systems programming concepts and techniques. Manning. ISBN 978-1-61729-455-6. OCLC 1300793337.
  • Palmieri, Luca (2022). Zero to Production in Rust: an opinionated introduction to backend development. OCLC 1446252540.

Excerpted from: "The best Rust books for 2025, reviewed". Bitfield Consulting. July 5, 2024.

Rust learning resources

Competitive programming

See also

Outlines of other programming languages

References

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