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

Sponsored by University of Michigan

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Get in-depth knowledge of a subject
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(137 reviews)

Beginner level

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

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

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

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

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

Instructors

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

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