Rust Hack & Learn April 2023

We are excited to be back after the incredible Rust Nation Conference. This is an excellent opportunity to reconnect post-conference.

# A Get-Together

Good talks are only half of the appeal of a local meetup.
The other half is the community: getting to know like-minded people, hacking on a new problem together, and learning from more experienced practitioners.

## Absolute beginners

We will create a dedicated group for beginners - it will be an opportunity to find like-minded peers who are going through the journey of learning Rust while enjoying the support of more experienced Rust programmers.

There will be a study-group session for specific chapters of the Rust book https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/; go through the exercises for the Rust track on exercism.io, or try to build a small application!

## Hacking together on projects

If you know the basics of the language, Hack & Learn is an excellent opportunity to find partners to hack together!

We created a GitHub repository for the event.

If you have an idea for a project, open an issue with a short description to find other folks interested in working on it with you.
Comment on the open project issues if you prefer to join an existing project.

There is no definition of "the right project": the Hack & Learn is an occasion to tinker and explore.

Do you want to work on a PR to close an issue with the compiler? That's a great project!

Do you have a fuzzy picture in your mind of a crate that is missing in the ecosystem? Go ahead!

You can submit an idea even if you won't be at the event - e.g. if you are the maintainer of an OSS project and you'd like to see some folks contributing/tackling some open issues.

In the same way, you can join the event even if you didn't sign up for a project beforehand - we'll try to find a group for you on the spot!