David MacLeod

One month. One hour a day. That's all it takes to start writing Rust code! Learn Rust in a Month of Lunches teaches you the essential skills of Rust. By the time you're done learning, you'll be able to: Build real software in RustUnderstand messages from the compiler and Clippy, Rust's coding coachMake informed decisions on the right types to use in any contextMake sense of the Rust standard library and its commonly used itemsUse external Rust "crates"; (libraries) for common tasksWork with crates that use async RustWrite simple declarative macrosExplore test driven development in Rust About the technology Developers love Rust! Rust is a true general purpose language, suitable for everything from system programming to web applications and games. It delivers the performance of low-level languages like C/C++ while providing memory safety, type safety, and a compiler that makes it difficult to compile bad code. Plus, Rust makes it easy to refactor your code without worrying about breaking anything. It's a truly hassle-free programming experience.

A translation of a French book originally published in 1913, just before World War I. French journalist Jules Huret shows us the German Empire as it is during the years he lived there, a book that, because of its date of publication, shows us exactly what it was like to live in the German Empire during Europe's last days of peace. Reading Huret's accounts, there is indeed some fear of a war in Europe. But for the most part it is not about war, because there was no war. Huret raves about what he likes about Germany, and is just as harsh in his criticism for the negative parts. He experiences Germany as it is and tells us about it. This book is part 1 of 3 of Huret's original work, split up due to its length.

Among established American institutions, few have been more successful or paradoxical than the Boy Scouts of America. David Macleod traces the social history of America in this scholarly account of the origins of the Boy Scouts and other character-building agencies, through which adults tried to restructure middle-class boyhood.