Rust Beginner Learning Timetable

Rust Beginner Learning Timetable

Overview

This timetable is designed to help beginners learn Rust effectively by dedicating 4 hours daily—2 hours for studying concepts and 2 hours for hands-on coding.

Notes:

• If you have prior programming experience, follow the weekly and daily schedule.
• If you are a total beginner, use the monthly and weekly version for a smoother learning curve.

Learning Schedule

Month/Week	Day(s)/weeks	Topic	Activity/Project
Month/Week 1: Rust Basics
	1-2	Install Rust (rustup, Cargo), Basic syntax	Write "Hello, World!" program
	3-4	Ownership, Borrowing, Lifetimes	Practice with variables, structs, and enums
		Special Focus: Study memory management from a computer science perspective
	5-6	Control Flow (if, match, loops), Error Handling (Result, Option)	Solve small coding challenges
	7	Mini-project: CLI Calculator	Implement a simple arithmetic calculator
Month/Week 2: Intermediate Rust
	8-9	Structs, Enums, Pattern Matching	Hands-on exercises
	10-11	Vectors, HashMaps, Strings, Slices	Build a basic data processor
	12-13	Modules, Crates, File I/O	Work with external libraries (serde, rand)
	14	Mini-project: CLI To-Do List	Create a simple CRUD CLI app
Month/Week 3: Advanced Rust
	15-16	Traits, Generics, Lifetimes	Implement custom traits
	17-18	Smart Pointers (Box, Rc, Arc), Interior Mutability	Manage heap memory efficiently
	19-20	Concurrency (Threads, tokio)	Write a concurrent counter or build a TCP-based project
	21	Mini-project: Web Scraper	Fetch and parse data from websites
Month/Week 4: Real-World Applications
	22-23	Web Development with actix-web or axum	Build a basic CRUD API
	24-25	Blockchain (Substrate, Bitcoin Rust libraries)	Explore Rust’s role in blockchain development
	26-27	Testing (cargo test, clippy), Debugging	Optimize and refactor previous projects
	28	Final Project	Build a REST API or CLI Tool as a capstone project

Following this structured plan ensures a smooth transition from Rust fundamentals to real-world applications. By the end of this journey, you will have a solid foundation in Rust and be ready to build production-grade projects.

Happy Coding! 🚀