Released 12 years ago Rust is a relative baby compared to other languages, yet in the 2022 developer survey it was the most beloved language (and just beat Python to earn the title of most wanted!) But, sometimes, the enormous paradigm shift in how we think about and approach our code can make learning Rust feel daunting!

In this talk, we go through some effective ways of learning Rust, without becoming overwhelmed. We’ll look at comparisons and similarities between the languages and also how we can use both effectively together. Finally, we look at how learning Rust can help you think about how you code in other languages and what lessons we can take from Rust and their ecosystem to bring into our Python code.