--- title: My first 6 hours with Rust | daily.dev description: A beginner's exploration of Rust fundamentals after 6 hours of learning, covering key concepts like ownership, borrowing, structs, enums, and memory... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/my-first-6-hours-with-rust-74vd3pz4v twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: My first 6 hours with Rust | daily.dev og:description: A beginner's exploration of Rust fundamentals after 6 hours of learning, covering key concepts like ownership, borrowing, structs, enums, and memory... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/my-first-6-hours-with-rust-74vd3pz4v og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/74vD3pZ4V.png og:image:alt: My first 6 hours with Rust og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # My first 6 hours with Rust **[Shaaf](https://daily.dev/sources/shaaf)** · 12 min read · 239 upvotes · 13 comments ## Summary A beginner's exploration of Rust fundamentals after 6 hours of learning, covering key concepts like ownership, borrowing, structs, enums, and memory management. The author compares Rust's unique ownership system to Java's garbage collection, explains how references work with borrowing rules, and demonstrates practical examples of data structures and method implementations. The post highlights Rust's safety guarantees through compile-time checks and its approach to modularity with default privacy. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@mattxo** · 7 upvotes > I think that article is written in a style that makes it easy to read, would recommend if you're starting with rust and want to get to know the basic concepts! > > Top! **@mssweetroll** · 2 upvotes > Great article. Very helpful!! **@shhh74** · 1 upvotes > Great read, it made understanding the concepts of Rust very comprehensible. **@a\_meb\_a** · 1 upvotes > beautiful! **@greatnatedev** · 1 upvotes > Ahh yes another new Rustacean time to buy your programmer socks ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#java](https://daily.dev/tags/java), [#rust](https://daily.dev/tags/rust) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/my-first-6-hours-with-rust-74vd3pz4v) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"My first 6 hours with Rust","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/my-first-6-hours-with-rust-74vd3pz4v","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/my-first-6-hours-with-rust-74vd3pz4v"},"datePublished":"2025-09-02T17:53:03.838Z","dateModified":"2025-09-02T17:53:27.025Z","description":"A beginner's exploration of Rust fundamentals after 6 hours of learning, covering key concepts like ownership, borrowing, structs, enums, and memory...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/3c4f634976943d1f2987d077a4dd9ca2?_a=AQAEulh","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/3c4f634976943d1f2987d077a4dd9ca2?_a=AQAEulh","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Shaaf","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Shaaf","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/0b296c189bd840d99decdb5078460675","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/shaaf"},"commentCount":13,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/my-first-6-hours-with-rust-74vd3pz4v","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":239},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":13}],"keywords":"java,rust","timeRequired":"PT12M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Shaaf","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/shaaf"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"My first 6 hours with Rust"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/my-first-6-hours-with-rust-74vd3pz4v","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"I think that article is written in a style that makes it easy to read, would recommend if you’re starting with rust and want to get to know the basic concepts!\nTop!","datePublished":"2025-09-11T11:16:44.853Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/74vD3pZ4V#c-i6Hbxsnnh","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"mattxo","url":"https://daily.dev/mattxo","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/89125469?v=4"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":7}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Great article. Very helpful!!","datePublished":"2025-09-16T05:18:13.751Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/74vD3pZ4V#c-DHfXSGe0r","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Kylie McFerrin","url":"https://daily.dev/mssweetroll","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--SAvBQUWl--/f_auto/v1757808523/avatars/avatar_4xgMLj3FHwYVJSKNRvwgL?_a=BAMClqZW0"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":2}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Great read, it made understanding the concepts of Rust very comprehensible.","datePublished":"2025-09-18T11:31:43.968Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/74vD3pZ4V#c-eEE0jqXwv","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Shhh","url":"https://daily.dev/shhh74","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/28243000?v=4"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"beautiful!","datePublished":"2025-09-16T11:19:27.263Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/74vD3pZ4V#c-ZJtn6INle","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Phillippe Michel Weir","url":"https://daily.dev/a_meb_a","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--BwH-uTMq--/f_auto/v1740136991/avatars/avatar_N403VFK9lAHNRwlSAhl1h"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Ahh yes another new Rustacean time to buy your programmer socks","datePublished":"2025-10-08T02:33:27.115Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/74vD3pZ4V#c-yCotjjQ0e","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Nate","url":"https://daily.dev/greatnatedev","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/99703235?v=4"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}}]} ```