Reddit mentions of Programming Rust: Fast, Safe Systems Development

I worked on a Game Boy emulator and read the Programming Rust: Fast, Safe Systems Development book when i was in a similar situation.

I found the emulator was a big enough project to learn new stuff and get practice with the borrow checker, but it was probably a little too large. If emulators are interesting to you maybe a chip-8 emulator would be a better size project.

The book is great for learning a little bit more about the details of rust and how things are implemented. It assumes you're somewhat knowledgeable in programming which is part of why i like it so much.

Blandy \& Orendorff's Programming Rust is an amazingly good book, well worth the money. The official Rust Book is solid and free online. Steve Donovan's Gentle Introduction is a great online tutorial also.

All of these presume you know a little bit about programming and how a computer is organized, though. If you are a genuine novice programmer, there's not much out there that I'm aware of on Rust as a first serious programming language. Python is generally the first language of choice for most people these days.

Here you go:

• Amazon "Programming Rust: Fast, Safe Systems Development" (Kindle)
  
  
• O'Riley shop page
  
  I don't know if that's the cheapest place to get it - I did some quick googling and couldn't find anywhere else to buy it from.
  
  I know I sound like a shill, but that book is probably my favorite resource (besides google).