This repository collects resources for writing clean, idiomatic Rust code. Please bring your own. 😊

Idiomatic coding means following the conventions of a given language. It is the most concise, convenient, and common way of accomplishing a task in that language, rather than forcing it to work in a way the author is familiar with from a different language. - Adapted from Tim Mansfield

Articles

2017

• Lessons learned redesigning and refactoring a Rust Library by @mgattozzi - RefCell, the builder pattern and more.

2016

• Russian Dolls and clean Rust code by @mgattozzi - How to use the full power of Option and Result (especially and_then() and unwrap_or()).
• Elegant Library APIs in Rust by @killercup - Many helpful tips and tricks for writing libraries in Rust.
• Teaching libraries through good documentation by @killercup - How to use the full power of Rust's documentation support (e.g. doc tests)
• Pretty State Machine Patterns in Rust by @hoverbear - How to represent a State Machine in an expressive and understandable way in Rust.
• Ripgrep Code Review by @mbrt - An analysis of the popular ripgrep tool's source code.

2015

• Rust traits for developer friendly libraries by @benashford - Thoughts about implementing good Rust libraries.

Talks

2017

Idiomatic Rust Libraries [Video] [Slides] by @killercup - Rustfest Kiev
What's so hard about writing a Slack Client in Rust? [Video] [Slides] by @mre - Rust Cologne Meetup

Projects

• clippy - A bunch of lints to catch common mistakes and improve your Rust code.
• Patterns - A catalogue of Rust design patterns.
• Rust by Example - A community driven collection of example code which follow Rust best practices.
• Rust Cookbook - Examples that demonstrate good practices to accomplish common programming tasks in Rust.
• rust-api-guidelines - An extensive list of recommendations for idiomatic Rust APIs.

License

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