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rust-installation Oct 25, 2025
Start Coding in Rust: Your First Program in 15 Minutes

New to Rust? Learn to write your first working program in under 15 minutes. Step-by-step guide for beginners with zero Rust experience. Start building today.

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best-practices Oct 24, 2025
Stop Using Magic Numbers: A Rust Constants Guide

Magic numbers make code impossible to maintain. Learn how Rust constants solve this problem in 5 minutes with practical examples you'll actually use.

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variables Oct 24, 2025
Rust Variables, Mutability, and Shadowing: A Beginner's Guide to Core Concepts

Learn Rust variables, mutability, and shadowing with practical examples. Understand immutability-by-default and why it's one of Rust's key safety features.

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single-value Oct 24, 2025
Rust Single Value Data Types: Integers, Floats, Booleans, and Characters

Pouring the Footings: An introduction to the fundamental, foundational single value data types in Rust

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rust Oct 24, 2025
Pouring the Footings: Compound Data Types

An introduction to the compound data types in Rust

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functions Oct 24, 2025
Let's Get Functional

An introduction to functions in Rust

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rust Oct 24, 2025
Decisions, Decisions

An introduction to basic control flow in Rust

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rust Oct 24, 2025
Controlling the Flow

An introduction to basic control flow in Rust

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types Oct 22, 2025
Bigger Building Blocks: Intro to Structs

An introduction to Rust's struct data type

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types Oct 22, 2025
Bigger Building Blocks: Introduction to the Enum Type

An introduction to Rust's enum data type

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