Rust Bootcamp

We are very intentional about how we design our curriculum. We don’t just survey topics or give you random problems.

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Gentle Ramp Up: Familiar Foundations

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We spend the first week doing things that you will already feel comfortable with like for loops, if statements, very basic data structures, and types are are already familiar with.

Unlike other curriculums, we expect you to be familiar with these concepts and don't waste time explaining them to you -- you dive right in to coding Rust where we know you can succeed!

You will encounter a few strange but manageable concepts like mutability and read only references, but they are easy to understand and practice.

We are careful to avoid problems that require you to fight Rust’s infamous borrow checker at this stage.

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The important thing is for you to start off with a feeling of "I can do this!"

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Unfamiliar Foundations

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As scary as the borrow checker is to some, it’s quite straightforward. Function arguments behave like black holes.

Once you pass something in, it’s gone.

Nothing enforced understanding this better than reimplementing some of the popular sorting algorithms, where you are forced to pass data around.

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Topics that make Rust unique

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Strings can be surprisingly confusing to use in Rust at first, so we explore that next. That way you will be build an intuition about how Rust seemingly alters data types and ownership depending on how you use it.

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At this stage, you’ve developed a good intuition for the language, so we can introduce concepts like structs and Implementations, and this will enable us to build the familiar classic data structures. We chose to focus on building data structures instead of applications because

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• there is a lot of material online to explain them

• you can easily find reference implementations in other languages

• it’s good interview preparation.

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Finally, since this course is a preparation for programming Solana, we will directly study the parts that ecosystem uses a lot, such as serialization and testing.

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One unfamiliar topic at a time

We try very hard to make sure you are only dealing with one unfamiliar concept at a time. The progression of topics and exercises matters!

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As you can see, we invest hundreds of hours into making our curriculum an amazing experience. But we also test it on engineers and refine it as we get feedback from participants.
 

The primary course author is a two time bestseller on Udemy with an average rating of 4.7 stars. Teaching is an art and a science we are excellent at.

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Signature Human Touch

But the best part of our Rust bootcamp is our signature small class sizes and weekly one-on-one meeting with you instructor.

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Not only will you save time in searching for answers to clarify concepts, you’ll be motivated to work harder when you are surrounded by energetic peers who are pushing themselves to learn fast.

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RareSkills is more than a curriculum or a class.

It’s an engineering fellowship for efficient success.