What should a beginner keep in mind while learning rust if he comes from Java,Ruby background?

[staymetal]

Hi guys,

Im new to Rust !!! and im very excited about it!!!

Since i come from a OOP Background(Java,ruby) what should i keep on mind while learning this wicked fast ,killer language?

[emoon]

I can recommend checking out the links here Learn Rust - Rust Programming Language and esp the second edition of the book Foreword - The Rust Programming Language

[killercup]

Yeah, the second edition of the book is really good, I believe it totally pays off to spend a weekend reading it. I'd also recommend not trying to think to hard about best practices and/or learning all the fancy stuff at first.

Might I also link to these two blog posts?

[scottmcm]

@staymetal

Since i come from a OOP Background [...]

Be wary of trying to bring along the standard ways of doing things in OOP languages. Remember to try enum+match instead of inherit+instanceof, for example.

[skade]

@staymetal

Since i come from a OOP Background(Java,ruby) what should i keep on mind while learning this wicked fast ,killer language?

The thing that tripped me the most is that despite Rust looking OOP at some points (it has self for example), it absolutely isn't an OO language.