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Practical System Programming for Rust Developers

You're reading from Practical System Programming for Rust Developers

Product type Book

Published in Dec 2020

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781800560963

Pages 388 pages

Edition 1st Edition

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System Programming

Author (1):

Prabhu Eshwarla

Table of Contents (17) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: Getting Started with System Programming in Rust

2. Chapter 1: Tools of the Trade – Rust Toolchains and Project Structures

3. Chapter 2: A Tour of the Rust Programming Language

4. Chapter 3: Introduction to the Rust Standard Library

5. Chapter 4: Managing Environment, Command Line, and Time

6. Section 2: Managing and Controlling System Resources in Rust

7. Chapter 5: Memory Management in Rust

8. Chapter 6: Working with Files and Directories in Rust

9. Chapter 7: Implementing Terminal I/O in Rust

10. Chapter 8: Working with Processes and Signals

11. Chapter 9: Managing Concurrency

12. Section 3: Advanced Topics

13. Chapter 10: Working with Device I/O

14. Chapter 11: Learning Network Programming

15. Chapter 12: Writing Unsafe Rust and FFI

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Prabhu Eshwarla

Prabhu Eshwarla has been shipping high-quality, business-critical software to large enterprises and running IT operations for over 25 years. He is also a passionate teacher of complex technologies. Prabhu has worked with Hewlett Packard and has deep experience in software engineering, engineering management, and IT operations. Prabhu is passionate about Rust and blockchain and specializes in distributed systems. He considers coding to be a creative craft, and an excellent tool to create new digital worlds (and experiences) sustained through rigorous software engineering.

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