Learner Reviews & Feedback for Rust Fundamentals by Duke University
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IS
Jun 27, 2024
The fundamentals of rust course is very clear, well explained, and the contents are ok for any audience, with only little experience in other programming languages. I highly recommend it.
AG
Feb 14, 2025
Very good for beginners. Anyone with 0 rust knowledge can pick this course up.
76 - 82 of 82 Reviews for Rust Fundamentals
By Hrvoje B
•Jan 17, 2026
So-so course. I've worked with many programming languages, going through different programming courses and even written some of my own. It's not the usual way someone would teach a language. Setting up AI assistance in the beginning will not work for non-student learners. Could've been just an optional "reading" instead. I also think AI doesn't help when you're first learning a language. The optional Microsoft learning modules don't work. There's a lack of more practical, harder, graded tasks, e.g. where one writes code from scratch and uploads for online grading. Currently one could run through the course without wrirting a line of code. In some cases the instructor also says incorrect things, but it's minor.
By Gustavo R
•Nov 27, 2025
Module 1 does not cover Rust. The remaining modules lack structure: new concepts are introduced without sufficient explanation, some external links are broken, and lab exercises reference topics that are only explained later. Overall, the didactic approach is lacking. Move on, nothing to see here.
By Jon H
•Dec 20, 2025
The instructor, while knowledgeable, seems to not have thought about the order of introducing subjects and concepts. There is a large number of occurrences where he states "Don't worry about this, we'll get to it later". Either explain it fully when you introduce it, or use a different example.
By Demetrio M
•Nov 26, 2025
Terrible course. First week is just setting up VS Code, Github Codespaces and Github Copilot, which are not used at all. Concepts are explained very quickly, examples are too simples, labs are just code you need to run, zero exercises and zero assignments to prove your knowledge. Assignments are single choice questions where the answer is the only logical one. Wouldn't recommend.
By Jude J
•Oct 27, 2025
this course isn't taught at a university level rigor. it is just a series of demos without much explanation. comprehensive-rust from google is much better!
By James E
•Nov 9, 2025
Links to Microsoft Learning are broken and unavailable. Do not waste your time with this course. Coursera support was pathetic
By Ajay S
•Jul 19, 2025
Spend too much time initially on things which are not needed for learning Rust language . Sorry.