Docs

This page collects most of the available information about Rust.

The reference docs are the most reliable source of information, because those are likely to be correct, if incomplete. This wiki also has a number of useful articles of varying ages and accuracy.

For the most up to date information, the best source is often to ask on IRC in #rust on irc.mozilla.org, as that is where most discussion about Rust takes place. A lot of decisions are made on the mailing list rust-dev, and new developments are often blogged in various places, which usually appear on Reddit's r/rust. Some people find the minutes from the weekly planning meetings useful for keeping informed.

Current reference docs (0.6)

Tutorial
Manual (PDF)
Core library
Standard library

In-development reference docs (git master)

Tutorial
Manual (PDF)
Core library
Standard library

FAQs

Language FAQ
Project FAQ
Usage FAQ

Other documentation

Releases - Links to current and old releases and documentation
Detailed release notes - Further explanation of language changes
Rust for C++ programmers - A cheat sheet
Unit testing - Writing tests and running them with the built-in test driver
Using rustpkg - Managing packages
Using rustdoc - How to extract Markdown and HTML documentation from code
Reading and writing files
Attributes - The role of metadata in Rust code, with descriptions of many applications
Packages, editors, and other tools
Packaging Terminology
Building for Android

Blogs

People sometimes write about Rust. Interesting stuff usually appears on r/rust.

Some Rust classics:

• A taste of Rust
• An overview of memory management in Rust
• Which pointer should I use?
• Operator overloading in Rust
• Embedding Rust in Ruby
• A first parallel program in Rust
• FizzBuzz revisited
• Ownership types in Rust, and whether they're worth it
• Reasoning about the heap in Rust