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Rust CLI From Zero

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Rust CLI From Zero

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Beginner level

Recommended experience

6 hours to complete
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Build a production Rust CLI with clap, including subcommands designed for data pipelines, input validation

  • Handle errors with `anyhow` and `Result`/`?

  • Package and ship a Rust CLI by writing crates.io-ready `Cargo.toml`

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May 2026

Assessments

3 assignments

Taught in English

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This course is part of the Rust for Data Engineering Specialization
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There are 3 modules in this course

Build production-quality command-line tools in Rust for data engineering. You move from a first hello-world CLI through real argument parsing with `clap`, ergonomic error handling with `anyhow`, and structured logging with `env_logger`. From there you learn subcommand design patterns suited to data pipelines (`ingest`, `transform`, `filter`, `export`), input validation that fails fast with a helpful message, and the data-specific flags (`--format`, `--output`, `--delimiter`, `--column`, `--limit`) every CSV and JSON tool needs. The course closes with packaging: Cargo metadata, publishing to crates.io, and a multi-stage Docker container. Along the way you learn the Rust toolchain — rustup, cargo, rust-analyzer — modules and the crates.io ecosystem, the difference between `Result` and `panic!`, and the discipline of `stderr` versus `stdout`. The capstone is `datactl`, a Rust CLI you build from scratch that reads, summarizes, filters, and exports CSV and JSON files. By the end you will have shipped a small, fast, statically-linked binary you can run anywhere.

From a first hello-world CLI to a well-structured Rust crate. You set up the toolchain, parse arguments, organize code across modules, and replace panics with Result-based error handling.

What's included

12 videos7 readings1 assignment

12 videos•Total 88 minutes
  • Course Introduction•2 minutes
  • Module 1 Introduction•2 minutes
  • Setting Up Your Rust Development Environment•11 minutes
  • Your First CLI in Rust•13 minutes
  • Working with User Input, Arguments, and Options•10 minutes
  • Expanding with Modules and Libraries•8 minutes
  • Managing Errors and Panics•12 minutes
  • Rust CLI Best Practices•10 minutes
  • Creating and Using Modules in Rust•5 minutes
  • Advanced Modules in Rust•4 minutes
  • Libraries and Dependencies in Rust•6 minutes
  • Using the Crates Website•5 minutes
7 readings•Total 65 minutes
  • About This Course•5 minutes
  • Key Terms: Course Introduction•10 minutes
  • Reflection: Course Introduction•10 minutes
  • Key Terms: Your First CLI in Rust•10 minutes
  • Reflection: Your First CLI in Rust•10 minutes
  • Key Terms: Modules and Dependencies•10 minutes
  • Reflection: Modules and Dependencies•10 minutes
1 assignment•Total 5 minutes
  • CLI Foundations•5 minutes

Building Production CLIs in Rust

What's included

9 videos7 readings1 assignment

9 videos•Total 57 minutes
  • Creating CLI Subcommands in Rust•12 minutes
  • Sub-command Design Patterns for Data Workflows•3 minutes
  • Parsing Complex CLI Arguments in Rust•10 minutes
  • Validating CLI Input for Data Engineering•4 minutes
  • Data-Specific CLI Flags and Options•4 minutes
  • Adding Environment Variables to a Rust CLI•5 minutes
  • Create a Package for a Rust CLI•8 minutes
  • Implementing Basic Logging in Rust•7 minutes
  • Different Types of Logs in Rust•7 minutes
7 readings•Total 75 minutes
  • Key Terms: Subcommands and Advanced Arguments•10 minutes
  • Reflection: Subcommands and Advanced Arguments•10 minutes
  • Key Terms: Packaging and Distribution•10 minutes
  • Reflection: Packaging and Distribution•10 minutes
  • Key Terms: Logging and Error Handling•10 minutes
  • Reflection: Logging and Error Handling•10 minutes
  • Role Play: Building Production-Ready CLIs•15 minutes
1 assignment•Total 5 minutes
  • Production CLIs•5 minutes

Critical Thinking, Capstone Exercise and Final Steps

What's included

1 video5 readings1 assignment

1 video•Total 2 minutes
  • Course Conclusion•2 minutes
5 readings•Total 50 minutes
  • Key Terms: Course Conclusion and Next Steps•10 minutes
  • Capstone•10 minutes
  • Reflection: Course Conclusion and Next Steps•10 minutes
  • Before You Go•10 minutes
  • Next Steps•10 minutes
1 assignment•Total 15 minutes
  • Final Graded Quiz•15 minutes

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