Hands-On Rust

Effective Learning Through 2D Game Development and Play

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Hands-On Rust (2021, O'Reilly Media, Incorporated)

English language

Published Nov. 6, 2021 by O'Reilly Media, Incorporated.

ISBN:
9781680508161

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3 stars (1 review)

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3 stars

First, I'm a professional software engineer. I was interested in this book because I've been interested in learning Rust, and what better way to learn than writing a video game! But I'm a little torn on this book. Overall, it did give me a project to work through while learning Rust. It was mostly well written. Where I felt it fell short was that it sometimes didn't go deep enough into the Rust language and there were a few errors in some of the writing that made it very confusing at times. I spent quite a bit of time on the Rust website reading their documentation. While I was able to work my way around the problems and get the games to work, someone with less experience may struggle more or even give up. I was also frustrated with the inconsistent code formatting. I'm kind-of a stickler for consistency in …

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  • Mathematics