I am a Java, C#, C or C++ developer, time to do some Rust

As I've said before, I'm working on a book about lifetimes. Or maybe it's just a long series - I haven't decided the specifics yet. Like every one of my series/book things, it's long, and it starts you off way in the periphery of the subject, and takes a lot of detours to get there.

In other words - it's great if you want an adventure (which truly understanding Rust definitely is), but it's not the best if you are currently on the puzzled end of a conversation with your neighborhood lifetime enforcer, the Rust compiler.

Let's say I want to build an app. Let's also say maybe I have some experience with another language - maybe it's Java, maybe it's C#, maybe it's C or C++, or maybe something else entirely.

This instantly feels a lot better. It's nicer to look at - and it groups together related values. It's not just "two globals" floating around the source code, it's part of the app - the app has a window size.

Let's also say the app's window will need its own title, because I feel strongly that people should use my app windowed, and not fullscreen - so they'll definitely see the titlebar.

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