Getting started with Rust

Setup

On MacOS or Linux, run this command in the terminal (then follow the instructions):
More: https://www.rust-lang.org/learn/get-started

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh

Get the current Rust & Cargo versions:

rustc --version
cargo --version

Update Rust:

rustup update

Cargo utils:

# create new project
cargo init

# compile & execute
cargo run

# build project
cargo build

# test project
cargo test

# build documentation
cargo doc

# add crate
cargo add <name>

Source: https://www.rust-lang.org/learn/get-started

You can also install the Rust VSCode extension from here

First Project

With Cargo

Create a new folder then setup a rust project with cargo init. This command will create Cargo.toml & src/main.rs with a Hello World example. Run the project with cargo run.

mkdir new-project

cd new-project

cargo init

cargo run

Without Cargo

Create a file named main.rs with:

fn main() {
  let hello = "Hello World";
  println!("{}", hello)
}

Compile it with rustc main.rs then run it with ./target/debug/main (.\target\debug\hello.exe on Windows)