Learning Rust the wrong way. - Ólafur Waage - NDC Sydney 2024
This talk was recorded at NDC Sydney in Sydney, Australia. #ndcsydney #ndcconferences #developer #softwaredeveloper Attend the next NDC conference near you: https://ndcconferences.com https://ndcsydney.com/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel and learn every day: / @NDC Follow our Social Media! / ndcconferences / ndc_conferences / ndc_conferences #language #methodology #cplusplus #rust Approaching a new language can be scary and time consuming. The author has been a C++ programmer for quite some time and has tried to give Rust a chance many times over the years with not much success. But this has changed. In this talk we will: Go over the basics of Rust (enough for the talk to make sense). Talk about different learning strategies and the strengths and flaws they have. How the wrong way to learn for one person can be perfect for another. How being a C++ programmer can both help and hinder you. Cover common mistakes of new programmers. And hopefully inspire you to learn in different and "wrong" ways.

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