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Rust Programming Patterns

Rust best practices for ownership, borrowing, error handling with Result/Option, async programming with Tokio, and project organization.

Difficulty
intermediate
Read time
1 min read
Version
v1.0.0
Confidence
established
Last updated

Quick Reference

Rust: Use Result<T, E> for fallible operations, Option<T> for nullable values. ? operator for error propagation. thiserror for library errors, anyhow for applications. Tokio for async runtime. Prefer channels over shared state. Clone sparingly.

Use When

  • Building systems software in Rust
  • Writing async Rust with Tokio
  • Implementing error handling patterns
  • Organizing large Rust projects

Skip When

  • Embedded Rust (no_std)
  • WebAssembly targets
  • Other systems languages (Go, C++)

Rust Programming Patterns

Rust best practices for ownership, borrowing, error handling with Result/Option, async programming with Tokio, and project organization.

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rust systems async tokio memory-safety concurrency

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