As a wise person once told the Internet, don't worry about picking the best one. But if you really had to pick one just start with the rust book. https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/ I would suggest to just dive in with a specific need you want to solve and instead of using your language of choice just use rust and look up stuff as you go. Hands on learning is usually the best learning. The only thing you need to "learn" is how to follow the ownership/borrowing paradigm that rust brings to the table.

https://github.com/rust-lang/rustlings/

https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/ this is a great starting point. Then when you got the basics, and fiddled around a bit, then you can start looking for more specialized books (like Rust Atomics and Locks https://marabos.nl/atomics/ )

IMO the best way to start in a new language is to rewrite some of your previous projects in that language.

I generally start out by rewriting a couple simple 1-3 function console apps, basic leet code stuff like; palindrome, fizzbuzz, reverse an array in place, etc, and some simple unit tests for them. Then I go ahead and rewrite some of my previous projects or uni assignments in that language.

At that point I generally have a good understanding of basics and have an idea of how to approach a new project. When I got to this point in rust I then started on threading, async, why it's easy to return a String and an ordeal to return &str, etc.

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There's also this!

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~~@sorrybookbroke@sh.itjust.works~~ @maegul@lemmy.ml can probably explain more

If you are looking to create a web service, I can suggest the zero2prod book. That’s how I learned rust and loved the process. I was also already a seasoned developer before taking interest into rust

A big part is kinda just doing it. I am trying to learn and it is kinda wild. I am currently working a warehouse job so it is hard to find the time. Try and go back and implement some of your favorite homework assignments in Rust.

I think a hard part of Rust is the mind shift. It just feels very different from anything else I have tired. I am doing some encapsulation for my learning, but it is not clear where to read about it and there are few examples out there.

I just found https://google.github.io/comprehensive-rust/ today. Structured course developed by Google for its Android devs.

I agree with the others who say to start with The Book -- https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/

From there, start trying to create small things that you might want or need to do (parsing JSON is something that I needed to do and I started there).

From there, you will learn to fight the borrow checker and start to feel how rust is working. This will be annoying at first, but get better over time (at least in older versions of Rust; I haven't used it in a while so it may be different now).

https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/

Others have listed a bunch of good resources. If you are more of a visual learner, I have heard good things about the Easy Rust videos - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lYeJeQ11OI&list=PLfllocyHVgsRwLkTAhG0E-2QxCf-ozBkk

The book is really good and offers a snapshot of those inner workings of the language.

For using it, LLMs (open weight and otherwise) perform very well and may fill the gap.

People already suggested it, but rustlings is awesome.

One thing I like to do is think of something I often do in another language, then Google how to do it in rust, i.e. dynamic dispatch. The way rust does it with traits is really interesting.

I started with the rust book and used chatgpt for any follow up questions I had.

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