Duke University
Rust Programming Specialization
Duke University

Rust Programming Specialization

Master Rust for Powerful Systems Programming. Learn to build robust and efficient software with Rust's unique safety and speed through projects in data engineering, Linux tools, DevOps, LLMs, Cloud Computing, and machine learning operations.

Noah Gift
Alfredo Deza

Instructors: Noah Gift

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Get in-depth knowledge of a subject
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4 months
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Learn at your own pace

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Specialization - 5 course series

Rust Fundamentals

Course 140 hours4.0 (131 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Apply Rust's core concepts like ownership, borrowing, and lifetimes to write efficient, reliable, and safe code.

  • Use Rust's advanced features like enums, structs, traits, and generics to build robust applications.

  • Develop, document, test and debug Rust projects using Cargo, Rust Analyzer, and other tools in the Rust ecosystem.

Skills you'll gain

Category: System Programming
Category: Rust (Programming Language)
Category: Software Engineering
Category: Software Development Tools
Category: Integrated Development Environments
Category: Software Quality Assurance
Category: Development Testing
Category: Test Driven Development (TDD)
Category: Devops Tools
Category: Programming Principles
Category: Software Testing
Category: Computer Programming
Category: GitHub
Category: Software Development
Category: DevOps
Category: Data Structures
Category: Algorithms
Category: Continuous Integration
Category: Continuous Deployment
Category: Unit Testing

Data Engineering with Rust

Course 263 hours3.5 (37 ratings)

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Category: Rust (Programming Language)
Category: Data Architecture
Category: Big Data
Category: Data Management
Category: Data Engineering
Category: Cloud Services
Category: Computer Programming
Category: Databases
Category: Amazon Web Services
Category: Cloud Engineering
Category: Data Structures
Category: Data Integration
Category: Data Storage
Category: Security Engineering
Category: Data Processing
Category: Extract, Transform, Load
Category: Distributed Computing
Category: Data Pipelines
Category: Data Infrastructure
Category: Information Management

Rust for DevOps

Course 318 hours

What you'll learn

  • Apply DevOps principles and workflows to build, deploy, and operate applications using technologies like Rust, containers, logging, and monitoring.

  • Instrument applications with logging and monitoring using frameworks like ELK stack and Prometheus to gain observability into systems.

  • Automate system administration tasks like file parsing, command execution, and cron jobs using Rust to improve efficiency.

Skills you'll gain

Category: DevOps
Category: Continuous Integration
Category: Application Deployment
Category: Containerization
Category: IT Automation
Category: Continuous Deployment
Category: Release Management
Category: Continuous Delivery
Category: Site Reliability Engineering
Category: Cloud-Native Computing
Category: CI/CD
Category: Jenkins
Category: Software Development
Category: YAML
Category: Rust (Programming Language)
Category: Software Development Tools
Category: Information Technology Operations
Category: Devops Tools
Category: System Monitoring
Category: Prometheus (Software)

Python and Rust with Linux Command Line Tools

Course 420 hours5.0 (10 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Build powerful command line tools in Rust and Python

  • Use Python with Rust for building powerful tools

Skills you'll gain

Category: Rust (Programming Language)
Category: System Programming
Category: Cloud Infrastructure
Category: Cloud Platforms
Category: Amazon Web Services
Category: Cloud Services
Category: System Software
Category: Serverless Computing
Category: Unix Shell
Category: Operating Systems
Category: Cloud Development
Category: Command-Line Interface
Category: Public Cloud
Category: Computer Programming
Category: Cloud Applications
Category: Application Development
Category: Unix
Category: Cloud Management
Category: Python Programming
Category: Multi-Cloud

Rust for Large Language Model Operations (LLMOps)

Course 516 hours4.1 (11 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Mastery in deploying Rust for intricate LLMOps workflows.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML)
Category: Artificial Intelligence
Category: Generative AI
Category: MLOps (Machine Learning Operations)
Category: DevOps
Category: Natural Language Processing
Category: Machine Learning
Category: Deep Learning
Category: Cloud Solutions
Category: Public Cloud
Category: Continuous Deployment
Category: Rust (Programming Language)
Category: Continuous Integration
Category: Cloud Infrastructure
Category: Application Lifecycle Management
Category: Cloud Platforms
Category: Amazon Web Services
Category: Continuous Delivery
Category: CI/CD
Category: Cloud Management

Instructors

Noah Gift
Duke University
40 Courses152,016 learners
Alfredo Deza
Duke University
29 Courses111,803 learners

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