First Steps

Clone This Repository

• The expectation, is that you have the repository that hosts this book open and available for reference.

git clone https://github.com/canardleteer/quickly-explore-rs.git

Install Rust

• Start by going to rustup.rs to download the installer.

  • You are welcome to audit the shell script beforehand, since I don't recommend randomly piping curl to a shell (but that seems to be the way people do things now?)

  • This sometimes fails for people. There's enough info in the shell script to manually do it.

  • Poke around a little bit.

# Take a look at what ya got:
rustup show

# Where did a bunch of stuff land?
rustup which cargo

# Install the Rust Formatter
rustup component add rustfmt

# Install the Rust Linter
rustup component add clippy

Cargo

• cargo is the general package manager for the Rust ecosystem, and your general "entrypoint" into Rust.
  • It is also how you launch compiling your code (which is a package, or collection of packages).
  • The overall Cargo documentation is going to be better than mine. This is just a quick tour.
  • In practice, calling the Rust compiler (rustc) directly, is rare.

# What version did ya get?
cargo --version

# What can cargo do?
cargo --list

You are now generally setup with everything you should need.

If you want to:

• Learn more about the package manager (Cargo), I recommend starting with the Cargo Book
• Learn more about writing in Rust, the language, I recommend starting with the Rust Book
• Just learn some basics? Keep reading.