In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Tim McNamara, author of Rust in Action about what Rust is, how to get started learning Rust, and ideas of good projects to begin learning Rust with.

Show Notes

• 00:37 Welcome
• 01:26 Guest introduction
• Rust in Action

Tim on Twitter

Tim on YouTube

03:51 What was it like to write a book on Rust?

07:52 What drew you to Rust?

13:01 The approachability of Rust

21:41 What’s a good introductory project with Rust?

25:15 Why would someone learn Rust?

It’s time to try WASM

40:23 What is a crate and cargo in Rust?

44:17 Running Rust in various places

50:53 Should the average web developer try Rust?

52:13 Supper club questions

54:17 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ×××

××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ×××

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• Tim McNamara - How to learn Rust

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