This video course provides an in-depth understanding of Rust's traits and generics system. It also covers trait objects and using enums to enable ad-hoc runtime polymorphism.
We will focus on studying real-world code from the Rust standard library and key crates such as serde, byteorder, among others, to understand the practical applications of these core language features.
Throughout the course, you will learn how Rust uses traits and generics to achieve efficient, type-safe code reusability and powerful compile-time polymorphism. By looking into successful Rust projects, we'll demystify how traits enable abstraction over behavior, and how generics permit code to operate over a broad set of types.
In each module, we'll break down multiple case studies, examining the code and discussing the rationale behind the design decisions. You'll get hands-on experience through a series of coding exercises and projects, enabling you to apply what you've learned in real-world scenarios.
By the end of "Producing Elegant Abstractions," you'll have a solid grasp on how to use traits and generics to produce elegant, robust, and efficient abstractions in your own Rust projects. Whether you are a novice seeking to deepen your understanding of Rust, or an experienced developer aiming to write more idiomatic and effective Rust code, this course offers the guidance and expertise to elevate your Rust programming skills.