How to Write Idiomatic Code

Allen Wyma talks with Brenden Matthews, the author of the book Code Like a Pro in Rust.

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Timestamps

• [@0:41] - Brenden’s Bio
• [@1:30] - Where the idea to write the book came from
• [@4:32] - Pythonic, Rustacious/Idiomatic Rust and other coding style terms
• [@6:25] - Writing idiomatic code
• [@10:19] - Helper methods
• [@12:34] - From trait
• [@15:20] - Into trait
• [@17:00] - Errors in Rust
• [@26:59] - Other languages borrowing Rust’s ideas for memory safety and no null type
• [@29:21] - Kotlin, Dart, Swift & Zig
• [@30:58] - LLVM, Swift & Rust and evolution of languages
• [@35:32] - Backwards compatibility in Rust
• [@39:00] - Experiences and the improvements in Rust
• [@42:44] - Components are added manually, but should they be installed by default?
• [@48:16] - Knowing when to use libc and adding a C runtime
• [@59:58] - Who Code Like a Pro in Rust is written for

Other Resources

• Brenden’s Blog

Credits

Intro Theme: Aerocity

Audio Editing: Plangora

Hosting Infrastructure: Jon Gjengset

Show Notes: Plangora

Hosts: Allen Wyma