Asynchronous programming with Rust: Writing Scalable and Responsive Applications with Async Rust: A Deep Dive into Futures, Tasks, and the Tokio Ecosystem - Softcover

Mercer, Jack K.

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798281024556

Publisher: Independently published, 2025

Synopsis

Unlock the full power of Rust with this comprehensive guide to asynchronous programming. Asynchronous Programming with Rust takes you on an in-depth journey through the core principles, tools, and patterns required to build high-performance, scalable, and responsive applications in modern Rust.Designed for intermediate to advanced Rustaceans, this book demystifies complex concepts like futures, tasks, and executors, and introduces you to the powerful Tokio ecosystem — the industry-standard async runtime for Rust. You’ll learn how to write ergonomic and safe async code, avoid common pitfalls, and design robust, production-ready systems that can handle thousands of concurrent connections with ease.Through real-world examples, hands-on projects, and deep explorations of low-level internals, you'll gain a solid understanding of Rust’s async/await syntax, task spawning, state management, error handling, and integration with external services and databases. Whether you're building microservices, web servers, or networked applications, this book equips you with the knowledge and confidence to scale your applications efficiently.Inside You’ll LearnHow Rust’s ownership model ensures memory-safe concurrencyThe mechanics of futures, polling, and pinningBuilding async functions, traits, and custom executorsDeep integration with the Tokio runtimeWriting and testing async code with best practicesDebugging and profiling tools for async systemsBuilding real-time web services and scalable backend systemsPerfect for systems programmers, backend developers, and performance-minded engineers, this book is your go-to resource for mastering asynchronous programming in Rust — a language built from the ground up for reliability and speed

Edition details

• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798281024556
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 526