- Compare systems programming approaches in Go and Rust.
- Build confidence with language tooling and compilation.
- Implement small performance-conscious utilities.
- Manage dependencies using Go modules and Cargo.
- Go basics: packages, structs, interfaces, concurrency intro.
- Rust basics: ownership, borrowing, structs, enums, pattern matching.
- Toolchains (
go, cargo) and project structure.
- Error handling idioms in both languages.
- Tradeoffs and use cases.
- Go modules:
go.mod, go.sum, and the module proxy.
- Cargo:
Cargo.toml, Cargo.lock, crates.io, and feature flags.
- Semantic versioning and dependency pinning in both ecosystems.
- Build one CLI utility in Go.
- Build one CLI utility in Rust.
- Compare implementation style and performance behavior.
- Add and update external dependencies in both projects.
- Inspect and verify lock files for reproducibility.
- Two small command-line tools (one per language).
- Reflection notes on language and ecosystem tradeoffs.
- Live coding walkthrough and architecture discussion.