Rust A Programming Language

Packt has published a new book called “Rust – Web Programming” authored by Maxwell Flitton.

Now, I am totally new to this programming language. But I have to say after spending some time learning it. Rust is a language that has the potential to become very widely used for ecommerce and general websites with web applications. I have decided to create a write up for those that may have some interest in learning about Rust.

Why use Rust ?

Rust solves many pain points which are present in many other current programming languages.

Better memory usage due to better garbage collection. Most common languages such as Python, PHP and Java have a garbage collection process. However, these languages have a process that uses up extra resources and CPU time on the machine to manage and run the garbage collection process.

Speed performance is also seen to faster than most other programming languages. And Rust ever so little trails behind C++ in terms of speed.

It is much easier to learn and understand Rust. Syntax for code is easier to write, read and understand for someone that is new to programming.

Community support is huge for Rust, and you can easily find other devs using it for many user cases.