I’m a beginner who just started to read the rust book, I find it quite tedious and wonder how long does it take u guys to read it? Also, any suggestion after finishing reading the book?

  • Deebster@lemmyrs.orgEnglish
    6·
    3 years ago

    I guess that varies a lot with how much programming you’ve done before, particularly things like functional programming and using generics.

    I can’t remember exactly, but I think I took about a week with fully doing the little tutorial and the customising them.

    I should probably go through it again; I’m sure there’s a bunch of stuff I read and forgot, or never really grokked in the first place.

    • Howard DoOPEnglish
      2·
      3 years ago

      Wow, that was quick. I heard that there’s brown university version that have interactive quiz you should read as second run. Good luck

  • EdTheLegendaryM
    6·
    3 years ago

    It took me several months at a rather slow pace, following along with rustlings. It’s definitely worth being thorough though, it has been useful knowing what I do now when I’m working on my projects. A good follow up would be building your own project, preferably something you’ll use yourself.

    • Howard DoOP
      3·
      3 years ago

      thank, the fact that u can stick for several months is quite impressive though.

  • BaadC0de
    6·
    3 years ago

    And after this book, I recommend “Rust for Rustaceans” by Jon Gjenset.

  • svartravs@lemmyrs.org
    4·
    3 years ago

    I have never tried to read it from start to end. I went through first ~10 chapters then started to work on my projects. Then returned to some parts when needed more understanding. I noticed that some parts of the book were updated a lot during last 2 or 3 years, a lot of new information added.

    • quavan
      1·
      3 years ago

      That is also the approach I took. I still haven’t read every chapter despite using Rust professionally.

    • Howard DoOP
      4·
      3 years ago

      yes, it’s ubiquitous so I just call it the book :D

      • ruffsl
        7·
        3 years ago

        It goes by: the Book. It must be capitalized. /s

  • neil
    3·
    3 years ago

    I plowed through it like a textbook on my first read, not really to absorb it 100% but to at least make the cadence and content familiar. I read it as a reference in parts on subsequent reads.

  • lavafroth
    1·
    3 years ago

    I finished it on my third try (gosh, us millennials have terrible attention spans) in around two weeks. I think the takeaway comes from doing the exercises. I love the hands on approach of the book. You might wanna try out rustlings in parallel!