Debugging Rust Code with AI

1h 45mIntermediate2025-05-05

Authors

Ashish Sharda

Course details

This course equips intermediate-level Rust developers with the skills to use AI-powered tools for effective debugging, ensuring a smoother and faster workflow. Join instructor Ashish Sharda as he explores the integration of AI tools like GitHub Copilot and Rust Analyzer to streamline the debugging process and tackle common Rust challenges, including memory safety, async runtime, and type error handling. Through hands-on exercises, you’ll learn to set up and configure these tools in a Rust environment, using AI insights to diagnose and resolve complex issues with confidence. By combining traditional and AI-driven approaches, this course provides a comprehensive framework for enhancing Rust code quality, boosting productivity, and elevating debugging efficiency.

Learning objectives
Identify and set up AI-powered debugging tools like GitHub Copilot and Rust Analyzer.
Apply AI tools to debug Rust code, focusing on memory safety, async runtime, and type error handling.
Use best practices for integrating AI tools with traditional debugging techniques to resolve complex issues.
Analyze and troubleshoot real-world Rust debugging scenarios with AI support.

Skills covered

Programming FoundationsAI Productivity ToolsArtificial Intelligence for BusinessProgramming LanguagesBusiness Software and ToolsSoftware DevelopmentOne-Off

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Course introduction
02 - What you should know
03 - Course overview and goals

1. Introduction to Debugging in Rust

04 - Managing recoverable errors with the Result type
05 - Handling errors with the Option type
06 - Catching critical failures with the panic macro
07 - Common debugging challenges in Rust
08 - Overview of AI debugging tools

2. AI-Powered Debugging Tools and Setup

09 - Setting up VSCode for Rust development
10 - Essential VSCode setup for Rust debugging
11 - Integrating debugging tools
12 - AI tool configuration best practices
13 - Testing your setup

3. Practical Debugging Techniques

14 - Real-time code-analysis basics
15 - Memory safety debugging
16 - Async runtime debugging
17 - Macro debugging techniques

4. Hands-on Workshop

18 - Memory safety exercise
19 - Async runtime challenge
20 - Type system debugging

5. Wrap-Up and Reflection

21 - Accelerate your learning journey
22 - Become a more efficient and confident Rust developer