# Introduction

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This book serves as high-level documentation for `async-std` and a way of learning async programming in Rust through it. As such, it focuses on the `async-std` API and the task model it gives you.

Please note that the Rust project provides its own book on asynchronous programming, called ["Asynchronous Programming in Rust"][async-book], which we highly recommend reading along with this book, as it provides a different, wider view on the topic.

[async-book]: https://rust-lang.github.io/async-book/