Tyler Schmidtke

Really great follow up to the Rust Book as I'm learning Rust. I went straight from the Rust Book to Zero To Production and found it to be incredibly approachable and applicable to what I wanted to first learn about the Rust ecosystem. It covered so many useful libraries, patterns, and concepts related to Rust development. If you're following along like I was, writing the code examples (you 100% should!), there are some points where the ordering of the examples can make Clippy a bit unhappy. Just be sure to read thoroughly and don't be afraid to check out the Github repo if you really get stuck. There are some places where the code base changes quite quickly, implementing a solution to a problem one way and then immediately reimplementing with a better approach. I really loved this about the book and feel that it would be especially useful for newer software developers that haven't encountered many of these concepts in the past. If you're looking to learn Rust and enjoy working on web services, I'd consider this essential reading in your journey.

Great followup to the Rust Book with some practical code examples and more in-depth coverage of important concepts like how Rust manages memory and ownership, along with systems programming concepts that are useful subjects for all developers to have at least a fundamental understanding of.

Some of the code examples can seem a bit tough to follow as the ordering isn't always intuitive. I'm on an Apple Silicon device as well, so a couple didn't work or required a workaround from the Github Issues for the source code. That's the main reason this is a 4 for me. Otherwise, it was a really nice read, and I feel more confident that I did previously.