Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats

Full Stack Developers Wes Bos and Scott Tolinski dive deep into web development topics, explaining how they work and talking about their own experiences. They cover from JavaScript frameworks like React, to the latest advancements in CSS to simplifying web tooling.

Rust for JS Devs — Part 2

In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott jump into part 2 of their look at Rust for JavaScript developers, including variables in Rust, type systems in Rust, signed and unsigned integers, and more.

Show Notes

00:10 Welcome

00:43 Audio issue bugs

03:17 Building decks

06:06 Variables in Rust

Syntax 647: Rust for JavaScript Developers - Node vs Rust Concepts

let x = 5; // x is immutable let mut x = 5; // x is mutable const MAX_POINTS: u32 = 100_000; // must be defined at compile time

10:42 Type System in Rust

15:52 Types in Rust

19:06 Why does Rust have signed and unsigned integers?

23:35 Slicing strings with &str

27:35 enum

27:55 struct

28:19 Vec

29:33 HashMap and HashSet

33:00 Converting Signed to Unsigned Numbers

let unsigned_value: u8 = 200; let signed_value: i8 = unsigned_value as i8;

36:12 What’s up with &str?

43:31 Rust error messages

45:28 What is a Struct?

struct User { username: String, email: String, sign_in_count: u64, active: bool, } // You can create an instance of a struct like this: let user1 = User { email: String::from("someone@example.com"), username: String::from("someusername123"), active: true, sign_in_count: 1, }; impl User { fn login(&mut self) { self.login_count += 1; } }

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August 23, 2023 56m

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats

Full Stack Developers Wes Bos and Scott Tolinski dive deep into web development topics, explaining how they work and talking about their own experiences. They cover from JavaScript frameworks like React, to the latest advancements in CSS to simplifying web tooling.

https://syntax.fm

Rust for JS Devs — Part 2