This is my rust installation cheatsheet
- create a new rust file, compile, and run executable
- create a rust project using Cargo, compile, check and run executable
RUST file : manually you can write a rust program in main.rs and compile it
// file: main.rs
fn main() { // function main()
println!("Aloha, world!");} // 4 spacing not tab
// println! is a rust macro, not a func
// in terminal
$ rustc main.rs // compile main.rs
$ ./main // executable is created
Aloha, world!
CARGO project : you can use cargo (almost like a framework that will support package/dependency management when your project gets more complicated)
cargo is installed during the rust installation
$ cargo --version // checking cargo installation
$ cargo new aloha_cargo // creating cargo project
$ cargo new aloha_cargo --vcs=git. // creating cargo project initiating git repo
$ cd aloha_cargo
$ cargo build // compiling and generating executable
$ cargo run // running executable
$ /target/debug/aloha_cargo // same as cargo run
$ cargo check // compiling but no generating executable
