Ok I\'m jumping the gun here, I don\'t actually know if I love rust but it\'s making my little dev soul happy. I haven\'t gotten to use it directly when working with smart contracts but my goal is to get that going soon. Oh wait\...let me tell you why I like rust\...it\'s like C++ and Java had a baby and those are my babies. lol Well let me tell you what I have setup and my plan of attack. Setup ----- I\'m pretty simple with setups/tools. I\'m of course on windows so here is what I\'m working with: 1. WSL 2 2. VSCode or Vim 3. Cargo 4. [Rust VS Code Plugin](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=rust-lang.rust) 5. The Rust Programming Language Book Plan of Attack -------------- Per usual I\'m gonna wing everything. That being said I do have a general path I think I want to take and don\'t worry, I\'ll be posting occasionally over here. The plan is to work through AT LEAST 50% of \'The Rust Programming Language\' book. During this time I\'ll also do a build space on rust ( I think it\'s building a sol dapp). By the end of the year I hope to have enough small rust projects that I can say \"I\'m open to entry level rust development\". How will I know when to stop using the book or advertise my  \"open shop\"? When I get bored. I know that\'s not very helpful, but if I feel like I have pushed myself as much as possible with the book and then on my own there will be no reason to keep \"kicking the can\". How are you tracking progress? ------------------------------ I won\'t deem this a success without the following: - 5 blog post across platforms - \"beefy\" github repo - beign able to explain the pros and cons of the language - possibly live streaming work on a project