Network Programming with Rust

Network Programming with Rust by Abhishek Chanda is a practical and modern guide that teaches developers how to build efficient, reliable, and secure network applications using the Rust programming language. Published by Packt, the book is aimed at programmers who want to leverage Rust’s performance and memory safety guarantees to tackle the challenges of systems and network programming.

Chanda begins by introducing the fundamentals of Rust, ensuring readers understand ownership, borrowing, and concurrency—the language features that make Rust uniquely suited for safe and performant network code. He then moves into the essentials of network programming, covering sockets, protocols, and asynchronous I/O. Readers learn how to build TCP and UDP clients and servers, work with HTTP, and integrate Rust with modern networking libraries. The book also explores advanced topics such as secure communication, error handling, and performance optimization.