Alien shooter Rust exercise guide

This is an auxiliary book provided as support material for the alien shooter Rust exercise on COMP.CE.100. This book instructs how to create, build and run a demo program on PYNQ-Z1 using command line and Xilinx tools.

Setup & reading

You can read this book by either:

1. reading the contents inside the src/-folder, or
2. in your browser by using mdbook.

Option 2 is recommended.

How to use mdbook

1. Install Rust toolchain.
2. Install mdbook.
   • Run cargo install mdbook on a command line.
3. Serve the book at localhost.
   • Run mdbook serve in this directory on command line.
4. Navigate to http://localhost:3000/ on your browser.

Studying resources

• The Rust Programming Language
• The Embedded Rust Book
• The Cargo Book
• The Rustonomicon
• Online Rust Compiler
• Rust Language Cheat Sheet
• Rust Syntax Explainer
• Rust Learning Article Collection
• The Embedonomicon
• Awesome Embedded Rust
• Rust Iterator Cheat Sheet