Welcome on board 🚀
I’m cutting you the straight‑to‑the‑point guide I wish I’d had on day one. In the next couple of hours you’ll:
- Bootstrap a secure, repeatable dev machine.
- Ship a “hello‑world” Rust CLI locally.
- Open your first pull request in Stratorys codebase.
Bookmark this book, keep a terminal open, and treat every code block as something you actually type. If a step fails, open an issue—docs are living code.
Pre‑flight checklist
| ✔ | Item |
|---|---|
| macOS / Linux | |
Admin rights (or someone with sudo) | |
| GitHub account with 2‑factor enabled | |
| Patience for ~3 GB of toolchain downloads |
How this book is organised
- Setup → Security → Git get you ready to clone and build.
- Rust → Exercises learn and understand the language + practice.
- Networking → Data Structures other importants knwoledge.
- Contributing walks you through a tiny feature + PR so you can merge.
Need help?
Ask in #onboarding Slack or ping your mentor. Stuck on a command? Post the exact error and the last step you ran—we debug fast when the signal is high.
Happy hacking ✌️