Rust System Programming: Build Secure, Concurrent, and Efficient System Software - Softcover

Gobert, Jose

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798280990357

Publisher: Independently published, 2025

Synopsis

Rust System Programming: Build Secure, Concurrent, and Efficient System Software is a complete guide for software engineers, embedded developers, and systems architects who want to master low-level development using the power of Rust. Whether you're building firmware, writing high-performance utilities, or interfacing directly with hardware, this book will show you how to do it right—without compromising safety, performance, or maintainability.

Rust is uniquely positioned to replace legacy systems languages like C and C++ by offering modern language features, zero-cost abstractions, and built-in memory safety without a garbage collector. This book bridges the gap between theory and practice by walking you through the real-world design, implementation, optimization, and deployment of systems software—all written in Rust.

You’ll start with foundational topics like memory management without a garbage collector, stack vs. heap allocation, and pointer safety using Rust’s ownership model. From there, you’ll dive into hardware interaction, embedded development with no_std, efficient concurrency, and building complete asynchronous utilities. Each chapter is hands-on and full of working code examples, practical exercises, and proven techniques used in professional embedded and systems development.

You will learn how to:

• Understand and control memory layout, lifetimes, and unsafe code responsibly

• Build drivers, firmware, and real-time embedded applications using no_std

• Use concurrency primitives like threads, channels, atomics, and async I/O

• Interface with filesystems, processes, and system calls

• Optimize for size, speed, and power consumption

• Debug, audit, test, and maintain production-grade Rust systems

By the end, you'll have built a complete systems utility and will be ready to tackle everything from microcontrollers to backend services—confidently and safely, with Rust.

Whether you're porting legacy systems, building safety-critical applications, or starting fresh with embedded or backend development—this book will show you how to do it all with precision and confidence.

Take control of your systems programming. Master Rust. Get your copy today.

Edition details

• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798280990357
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 177