3 Welcome to the Rust documentation! You can use the section headings above
4 to jump to any particular section.
8 If you haven't seen Rust at all yet, the first thing you should read is the [30
9 minute intro](intro.html). It will give you an overview of the basic ideas of Rust
12 Once you know you really want to learn Rust, the next step is reading [The
13 Rust Programming Language](book/index.html). It is a lengthy explanation of
14 Rust, its syntax, and its concepts. Upon completing the book, you'll be an
15 intermediate Rust developer, and will have a good grasp of the fundamental
18 # Community & Getting Help
20 If you need help with something, or just want to talk about Rust with others,
21 there's a few places you can do that:
23 The Rust IRC channels on [irc.mozilla.org](http://irc.mozilla.org/) are the
24 fastest way to get help.
25 [`#rust`](http://chat.mibbit.com/?server=irc.mozilla.org&channel=%23rust) is
26 the general discussion channel, and you'll find people willing to help you with
27 any questions you may have.
29 There are also three specialty channels:
30 [`#rust-gamedev`](http://chat.mibbit.com/?server=irc.mozilla.org&channel=%23rust-gamedev)
32 [`#rust-osdev`](http://chat.mibbit.com/?server=irc.mozilla.org&channel=%23rust-osdev)
33 are for game development and operating system development, respectively.
35 [`#rust-internals`](http://chat.mibbit.com/?server=irc.mozilla.org&channel=%23rust-internals), which is for discussion of the development of Rust itself.
37 You can also get help on [Stack
38 Overflow](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/rust). Searching for your
39 problem might reveal someone who has asked it before!
41 There is an active [subreddit](http://reddit.com/r/rust) with lots of
42 discussion about Rust.
44 There is also a [developer forum](http://discuss.rust-lang.org/), where the
45 development of Rust itself is discussed.
49 Rust does not have an exact specification, but an effort to describe as much of
50 the language in as much detail as possible is in [the reference](reference.html).
54 Rust's still a young language, so there isn't a ton of tooling yet, but the
55 tools we have are really nice.
57 [Cargo](http://crates.io) is Rust's package manager, and its website contains
58 lots of good documentation.
60 [The `rustdoc` manual](rustdoc.html) contains information about Rust's
65 There are questions that are asked quite often, and so we've made FAQs for them:
67 * [Language Design FAQ](complement-design-faq.html)
68 * [Language FAQ](complement-lang-faq.html)
69 * [Project FAQ](complement-project-faq.html)
70 * [How to submit a bug report](complement-bugreport.html)
72 # The standard library
74 We have [API documentation for the entire standard
75 library](std/index.html). There's a list of crates on the left with more
76 specific sections, or you can use the search bar at the top to search for
77 something if you know its name.
79 # External documentation
81 *Note: While these are great resources for learning Rust, they may track a
82 particular version of Rust that is likely not exactly the same as that for
83 which this documentation was generated.*
85 * [Rust by Example] - Short examples of common tasks in Rust (tracks the master
87 * [Rust for Rubyists] - The first community tutorial for Rust. Tracks the last
88 stable release. Not just for Ruby programmers.
90 [Rust by Example]: http://rustbyexample.com/
91 [Rust for Rubyists]: http://www.rustforrubyists.com/