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LICENSE

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+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2018 Nathan Stocks
+
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README.md

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+# Ultimate Rust 2: Intermediate Concepts
+
+This is the companion repository for the `Ultimate Rust 2: Intermediate Concepts`, the followup to
+the popular [Ultimate Rust Crash Course].  _UR2IC_ will be published independently online and is
+also presented live as part of some O'Reilly virtual events such as [Rust in 3 Weeks], or taught
+in-person for corporate training.  You will get the most out of this training experience by doing
+the [exercises] in this repository and watching (or attending) the instructor-led training.
+
+In other words, this repository is for you hands-on-learners!
+
+I use macOS, and that is what I developed this course on.  Everything _ought_ to work similarly on
+major Linux distributions and Windows. Please [contact me](mailto:nathan@agileperception.com) ASAP if
+you have trouble with anything on this page.
+
+_Just getting started with Rust? Check out the prerequisite for this course: [Ultimate Rust Crash Course]_
+
+## Install Rust & Prepare Your Development Environment
+
+Rust is required for this course!  The latest stable version is always recommended. See
+[the repository for the previous course] for instructions on how to install Rust, prepare your
+development environment, and helpful resources.
+
+## Exercises
+
+Please clone this repository! These exercises are designed as Rust projects for you to edit on your
+own computer.
+
+The exercises are separate Rust projects inside the `exercises/` subdirectory.  For each exercise,
+you should:
+- Open the corresponding`exercise/EXERCISE_NAME` directory in your IDE/Editor
+- Navigate to the same directory with your Terminal application (so you can run `cargo run`, etc.)
+- Open up the `src/main.rs` file.
+- Follow the numbered exercise instructions in the code comments.
+
+If you encounter any problems with the exercises, please feel free to use the online course
+communication tools to contact me, or [open an discussion]. Either way. 😄
+
+For your convenience, here is a list of all the exercises, with links to view the code on GitHub.
+
+- [Exercise 1 - Idiomatic Rust](https://github.com/CleanCut/ultimate_rust2/tree/main/exercise/idiomatic)
+- [Exercise 2 - Documentation](https://github.com/CleanCut/ultimate_rust2/tree/main/exercise/docs)
+- [Exercise 3 - Publishing to Crates.io](https://github.com/CleanCut/ultimate_rust2/tree/main/exercise/publish)
+- [Exercise 4 - Closures & Iterators](https://github.com/CleanCut/ultimate_rust2/tree/main/exercise/closures_iterators)
+- [Exercise 5 - Common Traits](https://github.com/CleanCut/ultimate_rust2/tree/main/exercise/traits)
+- [Exercise 6 - Errors](https://github.com/CleanCut/ultimate_rust2/tree/main/exercise/errors)
+- [Exercise 7 - Testing](https://github.com/CleanCut/ultimate_rust2/tree/main/exercise/testing)
+- [Exercise 8 - Logging](https://github.com/CleanCut/ultimate_rust2/tree/main/exercise/logging)
+- [Exercise 9 - Threads & Channels](https://github.com/CleanCut/ultimate_rust2/tree/main/exercise/threads_channels)
+
+## Examples
+
+This course goes over a lot of code in lecture format. Much of the code from the lectures can be
+found in the [`examples/`] directory in this repository.
+
+## Contribution
+
+All contributions are assumed to be dual-licensed under MIT/Apache-2.
+
+## License
+
+Distributed under the terms of both the MIT license and the Apache License (Version 2.0).
+
+See [license/APACHE](license/APACHE) and [license/MIT](license/MIT).
+
+## Sponsor
+
+If you like Rusty Engine, please consider sponsoring me [on GitHub] or [on Patreon]. 💖
+
+[exercises]: https://github.com/CleanCut/ultimate_rust2#exercises
+[`examples/`]: https://github.com/CleanCut/ultimate_rust2/blob/main/examples
+[open an discussion]: https://github.com/CleanCut/ultimate_rust2/discussions/new
+[Ultimate Rust Crash Course]: https://agileperception.com/ultimate_rust_crash_course
+[Rust in 3 Weeks]: https://agileperception.com
+[Ultimate Rust 2: Intermediate Concepts]: https://github.com/CleanCut/ultimate_rust2
+[the repository for the previous course]: https://github.com/CleanCut/ultimate_rust_crash_course
+[on GitHub]: https://github.com/sponsors/CleanCut
+[on Patreon]: https://patreon.com/nathanstocks