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I’m currently going through the process of teaching myself Rust as a fun summer project, especially since it’s different enough from the Java/Spring stack I use at work regularly. What are some interesting projects I can work on in Rust to get some familiarity with how the language works, and get an idea of some of the libraries I can use with it?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

For me "scratch your own itch" is what works best for keeping up the motivation. Think of a tool or service that you'll actually want to use yourself and implement that in the language you are learning. Or create a better version of an existing tool that you regularly use.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For my own projects I’m trying to build things I actually want. Tools for myself. But now the hard part becomes identifying a tool you wish you had, and scoping it down enough so that it’s appropriately sized for a new language. Tricky to approach the task from two ends.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yes! An example: I needed to start a journal to write my thoughts, therapist's orders. Also wanted to learn kivy and write a basic app for android. So I wrote a little journal app for myself to make me want to journal, and i learned the basics of kivy framework! Sorry its not a rust example

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I like to start out any new language with an implementation of Conway's Game of Life. It's relatively simple, but tends to exercise a decent bit of the language.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You know, I’ve never implemented Conway’s game of life, and that sounds like an excellent way to work on a new language

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It's a fun little project to do :)