Unit 7.1 - Rust from Python

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Exercise 7.1.1: Test your environment

Install uv and Rust

Check it is working:

cd rust-dna
uv run maturin develop --uv
cd ..
uv run pytest

The output should look something like this:

❯ uv run pytest
Installed 5 packages in 9ms
============================= test session starts ==============================
platform linux -- Python 3.12.3, pytest-8.3.5, pluggy-1.5.0
rootdir: /home/tamme/dev/rust-training/exercises/7-rust-for-data-science/1-rust-from-python
configfile: pyproject.toml
collected 10 items

test_decoding.py ....                                                    [ 40%]
test_kmers.py ....                                                       [ 80%]
test_setup.py .                                                          [ 90%]
test_validation.py .                                                     [100%]

============================== 10 passed in 0.06s ==============================

Exercise 7.1.2: Translating Python to rust

Open exercises/7-rust-for-data-science/1-rust-from-python/ in your editor and follow the steps in main.py to translate the logic to Rust in rust-dna/lib.rs.