I wouldn't worry about trying to learn enough about Rust to be able to develop something in it before you try. It is an extremely difficult language to learn. I tried reading over the section in the book about ownership and borrowing a few times and just didn't get it. For me and the other rust developers I've worked with, the best way is to just dive in, fight the checker and eventually it will make sense.

For me I feel like it took time but I've formed a good intuition and understand of the rules, but I would have a very difficult time formalizing a description.