Intermediate level Rust Programming

Rust Concurrency, Async and Web Services with Tokio and Axum

Go beyond the basics: smart pointers, threads and channels, shared state without data races, async Rust with Tokio, and production-style web services with Axum, SQLx and PostgreSQL, tested, traced and packaged in containers.

  • 43hours of work
  • 13parts
  • Reviewedcapstone
  • Lifetimeaccess
  • Smart pointers
  • Threads and channels
  • Async Rust and Tokio
  • Axum web services
  • SQLx and PostgreSQL
  • Tracing and deployment

At a glance

Who it is for

Developers who know Rust ownership, enums, traits and testing and want to build concurrent programs and backend services in Rust.

Before you start

The beginner programme in this track or equivalent: ownership and borrowing, structs, enums, Option and Result, traits and generics, Cargo and unit tests. Basic knowledge of HTTP and SQL helps; both are reviewed briefly. Docker is used for PostgreSQL.

How you finish

Pass the quizzes and labs, then submit a capstone project. The NIBVEDA team reviews it and either accepts it or sends it back with comments you can act on.

What you will be able to do

  1. 01Use Box, Rc, Arc, RefCell and Mutex correctly and explain why each exists
  2. 02Write threaded programs with channels, locks and atomics that the compiler proves free of data races
  3. 03Write async Rust with Tokio, including timeouts, cancellation and bounded concurrency
  4. 04Build, test and trace a REST API with Axum, SQLx migrations and PostgreSQL
  5. 05Package and run a Rust service in a small, secure container with graceful shutdown

Curriculum 43 hours in 13 parts

Select a kind to highlight its parts.

Stage 1A concurrent link checker with limits, retries and a report6 parts · 16 h
  1. 1
    Smart pointers and interior mutabilityWorkshop · Follow along and build, with the steps and the traps written out.
    2 hFree
  2. 2
    Threads, channels, locks and atomicsWorkshop · Follow along and build, with the steps and the traps written out.
    3 h
  3. 3
    A parallel log processor with a thread pool and backpressureWorkshop · Follow along and build, with the steps and the traps written out.
    2 h
  4. 4
    Check yourself: smart pointers, threads and shared stateQuiz · Twelve questions, marked at once, with the reason behind each answer.
    1 h
  5. 5
    Async Rust with TokioWorkshop · Follow along and build, with the steps and the traps written out.
    3 h
  6. 6
    A concurrent link checker with limits, retries and a reportLab · Hands-on work. Many labs are checked automatically against what must exist.
    5 h
Stage 2A tested, secured and observable REST API with Axum and PostgreSQL4 parts · 12 h
  1. 7
    Web services with Axum, Serde and SQLxWorkshop · Follow along and build, with the steps and the traps written out.
    3 h
  2. 8
    Check yourself: async Rust and web servicesQuiz · Twelve questions, marked at once, with the reason behind each answer.
    1 h
  3. 9
    Testing, tracing and production hygiene for Rust servicesWorkshop · Follow along and build, with the steps and the traps written out.
    2 h
  4. 10
    A tested, secured and observable REST API with Axum and PostgreSQLLab · Hands-on work. Many labs are checked automatically against what must exist.
    6 h
Stage 3Testing, observability and deployment2 parts · 3 h
  1. 11
    Packaging, containers and deployment for Rust servicesWorkshop · Follow along and build, with the steps and the traps written out.
    2 h
  2. 12
    Check yourself: testing, observability and deploymentQuiz · Twelve questions, marked at once, with the reason behind each answer.
    1 h
FinishCapstone project1 part · 12 h
  1. 13
    A production-ready concurrent Rust serviceCapstone · A full project for your portfolio.
    12 h
Free lessonSmart pointers and interior mutability
What you take away

An internship certificate with your skills on it.

Made for you automatically when you finish the last part, it names the internship programme, the level and the 43 hours, lists what you showed, and carries a number and a QR code. Anyone can check it on the NIBVEDA verification page, and it shows as withdrawn there if it is ever revoked.

  • Proof you completed all 43 hours of this internship programme
  • An Internship badge for your profile, CV or portfolio
  • Not a job, a stipend or an academic degree, and it says so
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  • Ownership and borrowing
  • Enums and pattern matching
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  • Advanced traits and macros
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  • Async internals
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Quick answers.

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Is this a real internship?

It is a virtual internship programme: a structured, self-paced course built around a real project, with checked assessments and a certificate. It is not employment, it does not carry a stipend and it is not an academic or AICTE-approved qualification. What it gives you is verified, project-based evidence of skills.

How does self-paced work?

You start when you like and move at your own speed. Each part unlocks when you finish the one before it. There are no live classes and no deadlines. Your access is shown on each programme page.

How is my work checked?

Quizzes are marked as soon as you submit them. Labs use a tick-list of tasks. Intermediate and Expert programmes finish with a capstone that the NIBVEDA team reviews and either accepts or sends back with comments.

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