Software Engineering Daily Creating a Rust IDE with Vitaly Bragilevsky
Nov 21, 2024
Vitaly Bragilevsky, Developer Advocate at JetBrains and expert in Rust and RustRover IDE tooling, dives into the ins and outs of the Rust programming language. He discusses Rust's unique ownership model that ensures memory safety and its growing popularity among developers from dynamic languages. The conversation also compares Rust Trova and Rust Analyzer, highlighting their advanced debugging features. Furthermore, Vitaly explores the game-changing role of AI in development tools and the future of multi-language support in IDEs for better accessibility.
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Rust's Expanding Role
- Rust is considered a systems programming language but is becoming more general-purpose.
- It's used in web development, game development, and other areas beyond systems programming.
Rust's Memory Management
- Rust aims to solve C++'s memory management issues by controlling memory at compile time.
- This eliminates runtime overhead and makes memory errors like double freeing impossible.
Rust in the Linux Kernel
- Lee Atchison notes Rust hasn't fully replaced C/C++ in systems programming like Linux kernel drivers.
- Vitaly Bragilevsky disagrees, citing Rust's official support for the Linux kernel and potential for future adoption.
