exercism.org has a rust track.
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If you're not opposed to books and have an interest in gamedev as well, then maybe give Hands-on Rust a shot. After some basics, it covers building a dungeon crawler (roguelike).
Admittedly, I own a copy but I haven't had the chance to go through it yet. I've heard positive things about it, though. Might start soon, wanting to get more in-depth with Rust myself recently.
I like to start out any new language with an implementation of Conway's Game of Life. It's relatively simple, but tends to exercise a decent bit of the language.
Seems like a good way to play around with multithreading, SIMD and even shaders if you wanted to.
You know, I’ve never implemented Conway’s game of life, and that sounds like an excellent way to work on a new language
It's a fun little project to do :)
Rust really shines with parsers and generators. They are easy enough and fun to write. Maybe write a lisp with it? Or a prettifier for your favorite language...
If you go with a parser, this one is an interesting crate to start messing around with:
What are some interesting projects I can work on in Rust to get some familiarity with how the language works
My recommendation is always the same, regardless of the language:
(And here is some dogfood: I've created [email protected], so you can ask questions there and/or share your solutions)
For my own projects I’m trying to build things I actually want. Tools for myself. But now the hard part becomes identifying a tool you wish you had, and scoping it down enough so that it’s appropriately sized for a new language. Tricky to approach the task from two ends.
Yes! An example: I needed to start a journal to write my thoughts, therapist's orders. Also wanted to learn kivy and write a basic app for android. So I wrote a little journal app for myself to make me want to journal, and i learned the basics of kivy framework! Sorry its not a rust example
If you're looking to further your understanding of rust, try out the rustlings course.
You could also look into making a website (e.g. a todo list) with Leptos.
For me "scratch your own itch" is what works best for keeping up the motivation. Think of a tool or service that you'll actually want to use yourself and implement that in the language you are learning. Or create a better version of an existing tool that you regularly use.