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Hey, maybe this isn't the right place but i wouldn't know where else to ask this question:

I'd like to get into Rust development and maybe help out with Servo (because it seems like an awesome project) but i have very limited experience with c/c++ (arduino and openframeworks). What is a good way/place to get comfortable with Rust?

(I am using Windows, can you even develop with Rust on Windows?)

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I'm currently reading this:

https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/

It's very nice, and the people on IRC are extremely helpful.

I've found the Rust IRC channel to be awesome too!

For those reading, just remember to check out #rust on irc.mozilla.org - it's far more active than the freenode channel. Here's a list of the current rust-related channels on Mozilla's IRC server: https://www.rust-lang.org/community.html#irc-channels

Also http://rustbyexample.com/

Windows is a supported plateform, msi are available on https://www.rust-lang.org/

https://servo.org also has a "Contributing" section, which links to bugs tagged as "easy" for new contributors.

There's a helper page for this: https://starters.servo.org/

The "easy" bugs get picked up super fast, so it seems you need to keep a close eye on the issue tracker.

You can also ask in IRC and we'll try to think of some for you. We try to keep posting new ones, but we get half a dozen new contributors per week, so it can be hard to keep up with the awesome demand.

Yes, you can develop in rust on Windows. There's even a Visual Studio extension for rust: https://github.com/PistonDevelopers/VisualRust

You can develop Rust on Windows. Edit: things have changed since I last looked at a windows build. Ignore me.

Servo compiles just fine on Windows once you set up msys2. Instructions here: https://github.com/servo/servo#prerequisites

Good to know.

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