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# Epilogue
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Our tour of Rust ends here.
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It has been quite extensive, but by no means exhaustive: Rust is a language with
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a large surface area, and an even larger ecosystem!
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Don't let this scare you, though: there's **no need to learn everything**.
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You'll pick up whatever is necessary to be effective in the domain
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(backend, embedded, CLIs, GUIs, etc.) **while working on your projects**.
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In the end, there are no shortcuts: if you want to get good at something,
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you need to do it, over and over again. Throughout this course you wrote a fair
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amount of Rust, enough to get the language and its syntax flowing under your
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fingers. It'll take many more lines of code to feel it "yours", but that moment
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will come without a doubt if you keep practicing.
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## Going further
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Let's close with some pointers to additional resources that you might find
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useful as you move forward in your journey with Rust.
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### Exercises
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You can find more exercises to practice Rust in the [`rustlings`](https://github.com/rust-lang/rustlings)
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project and on [exercism.io](https://exercism.io)'s Rust track.
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### Introductory material
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Check out [the Rust book](https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/title-page.html) and
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["Programming Rust"](https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/programming-rust-2nd/9781492052586/)
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if you're looking for a different perspective on the same concepts we covered throughout this course.
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The material doesn't overlap perfectly, therefore you'll certainly learn something new along the
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way.
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### Advanced material
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If you want to dive deeper into the language, refer to the [Rustonomicon](https://doc.rust-lang.org/nomicon/)
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and ["Rust for Rustaceans"](https://nostarch.com/rust-rustaceans).
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The ["Decrusted" series](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqbS7AVVErFirH9armw8yXlE6dacF-A6z) is another excellent
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resource to learn more about the internals of many of the most popular Rust libraries.
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### Domain-specific material
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If you want to use Rust for backend development,
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check out ["Zero to Production in Rust"](https://zero2prod.com).
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If you want to use Rust for embedded development,
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check out the [Embedded Rust book](https://docs.rust-embedded.org/book/).
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### Masterclasses
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You can then find resources on key topics that cut across domains.
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For testing, check out
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["Advanced testing, going beyond the basics"](https://github.com/mainmatter/rust-advanced-testing-workshop).
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For telemetry, check out ["You can't fix what you can't see"](https://github.com/mainmatter/rust-telemetry-workshop).
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