dhghomon/easy_rust

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    Content
      Basics and types
      Ownership
      Traits and iterators
      Threads and closures
    Format
      Website book
      YouTube videos
      Browser code examples
    Audience
      Non-native English
      Beginners
      Companies in Asia
    Translations
      Spanish
      Indonesian
      Simplified Chinese

mindmap root((easy_rust)) Content Basics and types Ownership Traits and iterators Threads and closures Format Website book YouTube videos Browser code examples Audience Non-native English Beginners Companies in Asia Translations Spanish Indonesian Simplified Chinese

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Things people build with this

USE CASE 1

Work through the full Rust curriculum from variables and types to closures and threads using only a web browser, no install needed.

USE CASE 2

Watch the accompanying 186-episode YouTube video series to follow along with the written text at your own pace.

USE CASE 3

Use the book as a beginner-friendly reference when you get stuck on Rust ownership, lifetimes, or traits.

Tech stack

RustShell

Getting it running

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 5min

Part 1 runs entirely in the browser via the Rust Playground, no local installation needed until Part 2.

In plain English

Easy Rust is a free textbook for learning the Rust programming language, written in plain English aimed at people who do not speak English as their first language. The author, a Canadian living in Korea, wrote it after noticing that most Rust documentation assumes native English fluency. Companies and beginners in countries where English is not the primary language are the intended audience. The book covers Rust from the ground up, starting with basic types, variables, and printing, then working through ownership, references, lifetimes, traits, iterators, closures, threads, and modules. The table of contents spans around 80 major topics. Part 1 is browser-based: all code examples run in the Rust Playground website without installing anything locally. Part 2 covers using Rust on your own machine with the Cargo build tool. The content runs over 400 pages. A published and expanded version called "Learn Rust in a Month of Lunches" is available for purchase from Manning Publications. The original text is freely available as a website and has been translated into Spanish, Indonesian, and Simplified Chinese by community volunteers. A full video series of 186 episodes (over 23 hours) accompanies the text on YouTube, and a separate Korean-language video series is also available. The repository itself is a Shell project that builds and publishes the website version of the book. The full README is longer than what was shown.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1

I'm learning Rust with Easy Rust. Explain the ownership and borrowing rules with a simple example I can paste into the Rust Playground.

Prompt 2

Using Easy Rust as a guide, show me how to write a Rust iterator chain that filters, maps, and collects a Vec into a new Vec, in plain language.

Prompt 3

I'm on Part 2 of Easy Rust and setting up Cargo. Walk me through creating a new project, adding a dependency, and running it.

Prompt 4

Explain Rust closures the way Easy Rust would, in very plain English, without assuming I know functional programming or Haskell.

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