Rust Fundamentals

1\. Module 1: Installing Rust and Setting Up Your Text Editor 1.1. Introduction \- Meet your Course Instructor: Alfredo Deza (Video, 2 minutes) \- About This Course (Video, 3 minutes) 1.2. Installing Rust and Visual Studio Code \- Overview of Installing Rust (Video, 0 minutes) \- Demo: Installing Rust (Video, 5 minutes) \- Demo: Visual Studio Code (Video, 7 minutes) \- Demo: Enabling the Rust Analyzer (Video, 4 minutes) \- Demo: Using the Rust Analyzer (Video, 7 minutes) \- Demo: Synchronizing your settings (Video, 4 minutes) \- Summary of Installing Rust and Visual Studio Code (Video, 0 minutes) \- Practice External Lab: Install Rust with Visual Studio Code (Reading, 10 minutes) 1.3. AI Pair Programming with Github Copilot \- Overview of AI Pair Programming with Github Copilot (Video, 1 minute) \- Demo: Signing up for GitHub Copilot (Video, 4 minutes) \- Demo: Installing and enabling Copilot on Visual Studio Code (Video, 2 minutes) \- Demo: Programming with suggestions (Video, 5 minutes) \- Demo: Using prompts with Copilot (Video, 2 minutes) \- Demo: Copilot X and chat-based learning (Video, 5 minutes) \- Summary of AI Pair Programming (Video, 0 minutes) \- Optional: Quickstart for GitHub Copilot (Reading, 10 minutes) \- Optional: Setting up your Student Account with GitHub (Reading, 10 minutes) \- Practice External Lab: Enabling GitHub Copilot (Reading, 10 minutes) 1.4. Codespaces \- Overview of Codespaces (Video, 1 minute) \- Demo: Fundamentals of Codespaces (Video, 8 minutes) \- Demo: Understanding usage and quotas (Video, 6 minutes) \- Demo: Basics of dev containers (Video, 3 minutes) \- Demo: Customizing the editor (Video, 2 minutes) \- Demo: Customizing the environment (Video, 4 minutes) \- Summary of Codespaces (Video, 0 minutes) \- GitHub Codespaces for Students (Reading, 10 minutes) \- Optimizing Codespaces (Reading, 10 minutes) \- External Lab: Using GitHub Codespaces with Copilot (Reading, 10 minutes) 1.5. Additional Resources \- Connect with your instructor (Reading, 10 minutes) \- Course Structure and Discussion Etiquette (Reading, 10 minutes) \- Key terms (Reading, 10 minutes) \- Getting Started: Visual Studio Code, Github Codespaces, and Rust (Reading, 10 minutes) \- Key Terms (Reading, 10 minutes) \- Key Terms (Reading, 10 minutes) 1.6. Assessments \- Your Development Environment (Quiz, 30 minutes) \- Rust environment (Quiz, 30 minutes) \- AI Pair programming (Quiz, 30 minutes) \- Practice quiz (Quiz, 30 minutes) \- Meet and Greet (optional) (Discussion Prompt, 10 minutes) 2\. Module 2: Rust Fundamentals 2.1. Introduction to Rust \- Introduction to Rust (Video, 0 minutes) \- Demo: Create a new Rust project (Video, 5 minutes) \- Demo: Overview of project files (Video, 6 minutes) \- Demo: Basic components of Rust code (Video, 6 minutes) \- Demo: Variable assignment and immutability (Video, 6 minutes) \- Demo: Basics of control flow (Video, 4 minutes) \- Demo: Shadowing variables (Video, 5 minutes) \- Summary of Introduction to Rust (Video, 0 minutes) \- Repository for this week (Reading, 10 minutes) \- Key Terms (Reading, 10 minutes) \- Optional: What is Rust? Microsoft Learn Module (Reading, 10 minutes) \- Optional: Setup the Rust Development Environment Microsoft Learn Module (Reading, 10 minutes) \- Practice Internal Lab: Create a new Rust project (Ungraded Lab, 60 minutes) \- Practice Internal Lab: Use the Basics of Control flow (Ungraded Lab, 60 minutes) 2.2. Loops and Control Flow \- Introduction to Loops and Control Flow (Video, 0 minutes) \- Demo: Introduction to Loops in Rust (Video, 3 minutes) \- Demo: Conditional Statements in Rust (Video, 3 minutes) \- Demo: The while Loop in Rust (Video, 3 minutes) \- Demo: The for Loop in Rust (Video, 4 minutes) \- Demo: The break and continue statements in Rust (Video, 3 minutes) \- Demo: The match Control Flow Statement in Rust (Video, 5 minutes) \- Summary of Loops and Control Flow (Video, 0 minutes) \- Key Terms (Reading, 10 minutes) \- Optional: Rust Loops Expressions Microsoft Learn Module (Reading, 10 minutes) \- Optional: Rust if/else Expressions Microsoft Learn Module (Reading, 10 minutes) \- Practice Internal Lab: Conditional statements (Ungraded Lab, 60 minutes) \- Practice Internal Lab: Match control flow statements (Ungraded Lab, 60 minutes) 2.3. Function Basics \- Introduction to Function Basics (Video, 1 minute) \- Demo: Simple unit functions (Video, 1 minute) \- Demo: Return values (Video, 5 minutes) \- Demo: Using arguments (Video, 3 minutes) \- Demo: The borrowing concept (Video, 10 minutes) \- Demo: Using panic to stop a program (Video, 4 minutes) \- Demo: Basic error handling with match (Video, 6 minutes) \- Summary of Function Basics (Video, 1 minute) \- Key Terms (Reading, 10 minutes) \- Optional: Create your first Rust Program Microsoft Learn Module (Reading, 10 minutes) \- Optional: Understanding Rust memory management Microsoft Learn Module (Reading, 10 minutes) \- Practice Internal Lab: Using arguments in functions (Ungraded Lab, 60 minutes) \- Practice Internal Lab: Using the borrowing concept (Ungraded Lab, 60 minutes) \- Practice Internal Lab: Basic error handling with match (Ungraded Lab, 60 minutes) 2.4. Assessment \- Basics of Rust programming (Quiz, 30 minutes) \- Practice Quiz (Quiz, 30 minutes) \- External Lab: Create a File Reader Application (Reading, 10 minutes) 3\. Module 3: Using Structs, Types, and Enums 3.1. Structured Data \- Introduction to Structured Data (Video, 1 minute) \- Demo: Defining structs (Video, 3 minutes) \- Demo: Creating struct instances (Video, 5 minutes) \- Demo: Associated functions and constructors (Video, 8 minutes) \- Demo: Other struct uses (Video, 4 minutes) \- Summary of Structured Data (Video, 1 minute) \- Repository for this week (Reading, 10 minutes) \- Key Terms (Reading, 10 minutes) \- Practice Internal Lab: Defining structs (Ungraded Lab, 60 minutes) \- Practice Internal Labs: Associated functions and constructors (Ungraded Lab, 60 minutes) 3.2. Strings and Vectors \- Introduction to Strings and Vectors (Video, 1 minute) \- Demo: Understanding String and str (Video, 5 minutes) \- Demo: Getting Started with Rust String Manipulation (Video, 6 minutes) \- Demo: Basics of Vectors (Video, 6 minutes) \- Demo: Retrieving values from Vectors (Video, 7 minutes) \- Demo: Adding elements to Vectors (Video, 3 minutes) \- Summary of Strings and Vectors (Video, 1 minute) \- Key Terms (Reading, 10 minutes) \- Optional: Using Loops to Iterate Over Data Microsoft Learn Module (Reading, 10 minutes) \- Practice Internal Lab: Getting started with string manipulation (Ungraded Lab, 60 minutes) \- Practice Internal Lab: Retrieve values from Vectors (Ungraded Lab, 60 minutes) \- Practice Internal Lab: Adding elements to Vectors (Ungraded Lab, 60 minutes) 3.3. Enums and Variants \- Introduction to Enums and Variants (Video, 1 minute) \- Demo: Defining an Enum (Video, 4 minutes) \- Demo: Using Enum as a Type (Video, 5 minutes) \- Demo: The Option Enum (Video, 8 minutes) \- Demo: Applied Enums (Video, 6 minutes) \- Demo: Using Vectors with Enums (Video, 5 minutes) \- Demo: Exhaustive matches (Video, 5 minutes) \- Summary of Enums and Variants (Video, 1 minute) \- Key Terms (Reading, 10 minutes) \- Optional: Handling Errors in Rust Microsoft Learn Module (Reading, 10 minutes) \- Practice Internal Lab: Using Enum as a type (Ungraded Lab, 60 minutes) \- Practice Internal Lab: Applied Enums (Ungraded Lab, 60 minutes) \- Practice Internal Lab: Using Vectors with Enums (Ungraded Lab, 60 minutes) 3.4. Assessment \- Organizing Data in Rust: Structs, Enums, and Types (Quiz, 30 minutes) \- External Lab: Create a File Size formatter (Reading, 10 minutes) 4\. Module 4: Applying Rust 4.1. Libraries and Cargo \- Introduction to Libraries and Cargo (Video, 1 minute) \- Demo: Creating the library with Cargo (Video, 3 minutes) \- Demo: Adding code to lib (Video, 6 minutes) \- Demo: Documenting your code (Video, 7 minutes) \- Demo: Using a debugger (Video, 8 minutes) \- Demo: Using a Makefile (Video, 12 minutes) \- Summary of Libraries and Cargo (Video, 1 minute) \- Repository for this week (Reading, 10 minutes) \- Key terms (Reading, 10 minutes) \- Optional: Create Your First Rust Program Microsoft Learn Module (Reading, 10 minutes) \- Optional: Debugging in Visual Studio Code (Reading, 10 minutes) \- Practice Internal Lab: Create a library with Cargo (Ungraded Lab, 60 minutes) \- Practice Internal Lab: Document your code (Ungraded Lab, 60 minutes) \- Practice Internal Lab: Use a Makefile (Ungraded Lab, 60 minutes) 4.2. Modules \- Introduction to Modules (Video, 1 minute) \- Demo: Using Cargo for dependencies (Video, 5 minutes) \- Demo: Extending with modules (Video, 4 minutes) \- Demo: Verify code with doctest (Video, 5 minutes) \- Demo: Defining Public and Private modules (Video, 6 minutes) \- Demo: Private and public fields in Structs (Video, 10 minutes) \- Summary of Modules (Video, 1 minute) \- Key Terms (Reading, 10 minutes) \- Optional: Managing growing projects in Rust (Reading, 10 minutes) \- Optional: Explore Modules, Packages, and Third-party Crates Microsoft Learn Module (Reading, 10 minutes) \- Practice Internal Lab: Verify code with Doctest (Ungraded Lab, 60 minutes) \- Practice Internal Lab: Define Public and Private modules (Ungraded Lab, 60 minutes) \- Practice Internal Lab: Use Private and public fields in Structs (Ungraded Lab, 60 minutes) 4.3. Testing \- Introduction to Testing (Video, 1 minute) \- Demo: Organizing test files (Video, 3 minutes) \- Demo: Introduction to testing in Rust (Video, 4 minutes) \- Demo: Writing tests for your code (Video, 9 minutes) \- Demo: Testing private code (Video, 11 minutes) \- Demo: Using test failure messages (Video, 4 minutes) \- Summary of Testing (Video, 1 minute) \- Key Terms (Reading, 10 minutes) \- Optional: Write Automated Tests Microsoft Learn Module (Reading, 10 minutes) \- Optional: Test Organization (Reading, 10 minutes) \- Practice Internal Lab: Write tests for your code (Ungraded Lab, 60 minutes) \- Practice Internal Lab: Test private code (Ungraded Lab, 60 minutes) 4.4. Summary \- Course Summary (Video, 1 minute) \- External Lab: Create a Rust library (Reading, 10 minutes) \- Next steps (Reading, 10 minutes) 4.5. Assessment \- Rust Components and Patterns (Quiz, 30 minutes)