Hello Rustaceans,
Welcome to another edition of the Rust Nigeria Newsletter. We are a monthly publication that shares the activities from within the Rust ecosystem in Nigeria in previous month.
Here’s what to expect today - articles, open-source projects, youtube videos and the developer story of one of our own.
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Developer Stories
I wrote my way up
Ugochi Ukpai, a technical writer and software engineer told her story of how she started a career writing technical articles on Rust and Rust-related technologies, and the paths it opened up to her. You can read it here
Open Source projects
Lazerpay Rust SDK
This rust crate, created by Ayodeji Adeoti and Enoch Chejieh integrates the Lazerpay payment gateway for accepting cryptocurrency payments.
Articles
Introduction to Rust Programming for solana
In this article, Ayomide Akinola introduces some basic concepts of the Rust programming language that is needed to successfully write a solana program.
Deploying Your Rust Apps in the Cloud
In this article, Austin provides a step-by-step guide on how you can easily deploy your Rust application in the cloud with Amazon AWS EC2.
Videos
Automated Door Lock
For his first project with Rust, Nathaniel built an automated door lock with a Rust server, raspberry pi and a react web client. Now he never has to get up to unlock the door whenever a friend comes over!
Rust Nigeria x Concordium Africa
The recording of the Virtual AMA focused on the Rust Ecosystem, organized by Rust Nigeria and ConcordiumAfrica on the 5th of February.
Upcoming Events
RustFest EMEA
RustFest - EMEA, is coming up on April 23 and we're calling on Rustaceans in Europe, Middle East and Africa to submit talks here. Keep an eye out for this event!