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Creating many small CLI (Command Line Interface) tools in rust is a great thing to do. The unix way is to build many small single-purpose tools and then allow users to chain & script them together in useful ways so being able to rapidly create the tools we need in...
If you weren’t aware, The Rust Workshop runs a meetup in the tech hub of Reading, UK, providing a local focal point for all with an interest in Rust without having to travel into London. The schedule is the second Tuesday of every month, and you can subscribe on meetup.com...
Unlike in dotnet and ruby on rails where there is more or less ONE TRUE WAY™ to build web things there are several competing backend frameworks / crates for web backends in Rust. There are many choices for the front-end with and without Rust, but for this post I’m just...
Hot off the audacity mp3 presses, a long overdue rust workshop podcast episode is out. Get it here: The Rust Workshop Podcast - Episode 4 - “Consulting, Web projects, Regression tests, TWIR, Rustacean Station, Meetups” I’m looking for guests so if you’d like to record with me about all things...
A catalogue of books on the Rust programming language. I was about to buy a book on Rust, then I wondered what other books there were, turns out quite a few! I took the time to make a catalogue of them for you here. If I’ve missed any then do...
There’s a thriving London Rust meetup already, but nothing for the Thames Valley. Given the growing interest in Rust in the programming community and that Reading is a bit of a hub for technology businesses I’ve set up a meetup in Reading. To start with it’s just laptop + pub...
I’ve been doing a bit of live-streaming as I work on this presentation for “dependency injection in Rust”. In order to show that the methods GPT came up with actually work, I’m working on a demo codebase here: https://github.com/timabell/rust-dependency-injection-demo. And because I can I’ve been livestreaming bits of it to...
As I’ve joined the UK rust community it’s not been super-clear to me how to join in online. So here’s some resources to help you get stuck in. https://www.rust-lang.org/community lists some of these, and more. Online https://www.rust-lang.org/community The Official Rust Users Forum #general chat on The Official Rust Zulip reddit...