Write Powerful Rust Macros with Sam Van Overmeire

Allen Wyma talks with Sam Van Overmeire about Write Powerful Rust Macros, a book about writing macros within your Rust apps. Manning discount code: podrustacean24

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Timestamps

• [@00:00] - Meet Sam Van Overmeire, developer & cloud consultant, author of Write Powerful Rust Macros
• [@09:00] - Why he chose to write about macros and the process of writing the book
• [@13:19] - Types of macros and book content
• [@19:38] - Macro security and more details about the book
• [@27:56] - Most interesting macros
• [@30:32] - When to write a macro and when not to
• [@36:59] - Manning Publishing and other Rust books
• [@41:51] - Closing discussion

Other links

• https://www.newline.co/fullstack-rust — one of the books with the most extensive info on macros
• Jetbrains has an interesting series of blog posts about macros, useful for beginners
• proc-macro workshop by David Tolnay, implemented in some great videos by Jon Gjengset: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geovSK3wMB8

Credits

Intro Theme: Aerocity

Audio Editing: Plangora

Hosting Infrastructure: Jon Gjengset

Show Notes: Plangora

Hosts: Allen Wyma