Rust’s documentation is about to drastically improve
Here's my suggestion that I strongly believe could help Rust's (or any platform's for that matter) adoption:<p>There should be a list of somewhat larger projects (similar to the sample apps for Cocoa <a href="https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/navigation/index.html#topic=Sample+Code&section=Resource+Types" rel="nofollow">https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/navigation/index.htm...</a>) maintained by people who actually understand the language. For me, and I imagine a lot of other people, the hardest part about learning a new language/platform is getting from the stage where I understand the syntax and APIs to getting somewhat proficient with it and being able to make informed decisions about how things should be done in that language.<p>A lot of times, when I look at some open source projects to learn from, I'm left with the impression that the author might not have really understood what s/he's doing and that really increases my frustration with the platform. A list of canonical projects would prevent this.<p>I'm aware of Servo but I feel that Servo is a.) too large of a project for a Rust n00b to learn from b.) it's not always up to date WRT to the language version and the best practices.<p>Alternatively, this could also be a list of 3rd party projects blessed by the Rust people as good projects to learn from.<p>While it might seem like a waste of time, I feel like this would e.g. reduce the number of people needing help on IRC or the mailing list so it might actually save time.