Async Programming in Rust

Comprehensive guide to async/await based on Asynchronous Programming in Rust, tokio docs, and the Pin/Unpin model.

When to Use This Skill

• Writing async/await code
• Understanding Futures, executors, and wakers
• Using tokio or async-std runtimes
• Working with async streams
• Implementing concurrent operations with select/join
• Understanding Pin/Unpin and why futures need pinning
• Cancellation safety and structured concurrency
• Handling async errors and timeouts

Core References