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Rust for Beginners

Learn the basics of Rust from scratch with hands-on activities, demos, and real-world examples. Build confidence with functions, control flow, data types, ownership, and more.

5 Days

Average time students take to complete this course.

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Taught by: Jayson Lennon
Last updated: August 2025

Rated 4.9 out of 5 on Trustpilot

What you'll learn

  • Get Rust up and running fast with tools that help you catch mistakes early
  • Discover how to use variables and data types to bring your code to life
  • Write your own functions to keep things tidy and make coding way easier
  • Use if/else and match to teach your program how to make decisions
  • Loop like a pro and save yourself from writing the same thing twice
  • Build cool, organized data using enums, structs, and tuples
  • Crack the code on ownership so your programs run fast and safe
  • Play with text and lists using strings and vectors in fun, hands-on ways

If you’re curious about Rust and not sure where to begin, this course is your launchpad. Whether you’ve got some coding experience or you’re brand new to the world of programming, we’ll guide you through the essentials of Rust in a clear, approachable way.

Plus you'll quickly see why Rust is one of the most beloved programming languages in the tech world!

We start with the basics: setting up your tools, writing your first functions, and getting comfortable with Rust’s syntax. From there, you’ll dive into real programming concepts—variables, control flow, loops, and more—paired with interactive activities that help lock in what you’re learning.

As you progress, you'll get a solid grip on Rust’s powerful memory model, understand how ownership works, and practice using structs, enums, and vectors in practical ways.

This course is all about giving you confidence in your Rust skills, so you can start building real applications—or take the next step in your tech career.

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Most importantly, you'll be learning from an industry professional (Jayson) that has actual real-world experience as a Software Developer. He teaches you the exact strategies and techniques he uses in his role.

Finally, as with all ZTM courses, this course is a living thing. It will be constantly updated as the landscape changes so you can use it as your go-to resource for Rust basics now and throughout your career.

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Rated 4.9 out of 5 on Trustpilot

Awesome course. I'm so glad I found this course. I'm really enjoying the style and pace of this course. I'm finally learning Rust!

John Lupine

Excellent, clear, concise and structured presentation. No snags to get caught on, fast-pacing is a breeze.

Filip Filipovic

This is an absolutely fantastic course! It's clear that Jayson has put a lot of time and energy into creating this amazing source of knowledge for beginner Rust developers. I'll recommend it to everyone around me who wants to learn this language!

Attila Bakos

This course was excellent! I've worked professionally in Software Engineering for over a decade now and was skeptical at first, but the presentation style, demos, & activities were presented so clearly that I'm now a believer. Please do a follow-up course!

Peter Stratton

It was really tough to find a good way to start learning rust, as it isn't really an easy language to learn, but I feel like this course gave me the knowledge and confidence to start creating my own things in rust. Great course, will recommend.

Raymond Lieu

Course curriculum

To make sure this course is a good fit for you, you can start learning Rust for free right now by clicking any of the PREVIEW links below.

Introduction

3 lectures

Introduction1:55

PREVIEW

Exercise: Meet Your Classmates and Instructor

PREVIEW

Course Resources

PREVIEW

Rust Fundamentals

12 lectures

Making Decisions with Rust

5 lectures

Repetition

3 lectures

Working With Data

8 lectures

Rust's Memory Model

4 lectures

Data Collections

7 lectures

Where To Go From Here?

1 lectures

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Meet your instructor

Your Rust instructor (Jayson) isn't just an expert with years of real-world professional experience. He has been in your shoes. He makes learning fun. He makes complex topics feel simple. He will motivate you. He will push you. And he will go above and beyond to help you succeed.

Jayson Lennon

Hi, I'm Jayson Lennon!

Jayson is a self-taught developer with numerous industry certifications. He has a unique ability to help students learn in the most effective way possible and provide lessons that are clear, detailed and easy to follow along.

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Jayson Lennon

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Frequently asked questions

Are there any prerequisites for this course?

No prior programming knowledge is needed for this course. You'll learn everything from scratch, which makes it perfect for beginners (hence the name!)

Do you provide a certificate of completion?

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Are there subtitles?

Yes! We have high quality subtitles in 6 different languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Arabic, and Hindi.

You can even adjust the text size, color, background and more so that the subtitles are perfect just for you!

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