Accelerant Learning

Accelerate your career with these courses, ebooks and tutorial exercises on Rust.

Welcome to Accelerant Learning, the innovative learning hub designed with a singular vision: to help aspiring Software Development Engineers thrive and reach their maximum potential. With Accelerant, you'll learn to build efficient, reliable software systems with the Rust programming language.

Whether your background is Node.JS, Python, Java, C# or something completely different, Accelerant will flatten the learning curve of Rust and equip you for building practical and performant applications. Enjoy browsing through the library of  courses, insightful ebooks, and practical tutorial exercises. They're crafted to accelerate your knowledge, sharpen your skills, and equip you for the dynamic world of Rust programming.

Featured Course

  • $25 or 3 monthly payments of $9

How to Learn Rust

  • Course

A 12 week guided tour through the Rust learning resources. Reduce the time it takes to learn the language by dozens of hours.
@timClicks is incredible and if anyone would like an intro to him please let me know or reach out to Tim directly! In classic Tim fashion, he's also under selling himself! His book on rust is loved by devs and has 4.8 Stars on Amazon with 78 Reviews

Brooke Jaimeson

Website

In the time we worked together in AWS, Tim has been a force multiplier. Tim's technical expertise and deep Rust knowledge allow him to profoundly understand customers issues and needs and his experience with teaching and education were fundamental to increase the confidence of teams wanting to use Rust.

Matteo Bigoi

LinkedIn

I worked with Tim during his work on the Rust code foundations infrastructure at Amazon. He drove educational programs (talks, videos, documentation) that helped many learn and adopt Rust on their teams and be "rusty" within Amazon's infrastructure

Christopher Zakian

LinkedIn

Tim is one of the most enthusiastic educators I've worked with. Everyone talks about his book, but I'd say Tim's best learning resource is Tim. 

Weihang Lu

Website

Tim McNamara is amazing to work with and is way more than "just" the author of one of the most important Rust books. 

Lenz Gschwendtner

LinkedIn

I was struck by how well he could explain complex technical matters in simple ways.

Jane Hornibroook

LinkedIn

Meet the Instructor

Tim McNamara

Tim is one of the world's experts in the Rust programming language. He's the author of Rust in Action and has begun making courses available to you.

What Accelerant Learning Offers

Courses

Deep Dive into Ownership and Lifetimes

Finally understand what ownership means. This course explains several concepts that are foreign to some learners, including Rust's ownership model, lifetimes, move/copy semantics, borrowing, and references.

How to Learn Rust

A 12 week guided tour through the Rust learning resources. Reduce the time it takes to learn the language by dozens of hours.

Implement RougeDB, a Redis clone from outer space

Get your hands dirty with asynchronous and event-driven programming with Rust using Tokio.

Producing Elegant Abstractions

Master Rust's traits and generics by examining multiple case studies of Rust code through the standard library and prominent crates including serde, byteorder, and more.

SPAR (Secure, Performant, Available, Reliable) web APIs

Create your company's most easy-to-maintain and cost-efficient web API

Digital downloads

The Accelerated Guide to Smart Pointers in Rust

A short textbook for anyone who's interested in understanding about Rust's smart pointers, including people who don't know what smart pointers are.

Coaching sessions

  • $199

1:1 Coaching with Tim

Whether you're grappling with complex concepts, seeking guidance on a project, or looking to enhance your Rust proficiency, Tim's tailored approach ensures that you receive maximum value from each session. Don't miss this chance to fast-track your learning journey with one of the world's leading authorities in Rust programming.