Glossary

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Rust:
Cargo:
Prelude: By default, Rust has set of items defined in the standard library that it brings into the scope of every program, e.g, the io library. If a type you want to use isn’t in the prelude, you have to bring that type into scope explicitly with a use statement.
String: is a string type provided by the standard library that is a growable, UTF-8 encoded bit of text.
Reference(&): gives you a way to let multiple parts of your code access one piece of data without needing to copy that data into memory multiple times.
Crate: is a collection of Rust source code files. A binary crate is executable.
Crates.io: is where people in the Rust ecosystem post their open source Rust projects for others to use.
Shadowing: ets us reuse a variable name rather than forcing us to create two unique variables, such as guess_str and guess, for example. This feature is often used when you want to convert a value from one type to another type.
Panicking: is a term used in Rust when when a program exits with an error.
Destructuring: is breaking a compound type into different parts, e.g, breaking a tuple(tup) into three parts(x, y, z).

Rust Commands

clear: to clear terminal
pwd: check folder directory
open .: open folder in directory from the terminal
rustc --version: to check rust compiler version installed in pc
cargo --version: to check the version of the cargo build tool.
rustup update: update rust version from terminal
cargo update: is used to update a crate, the command update will ignore the Cargo.lock file and figure out all the latest versions that fit your specifications in Cargo.toml.
cargo new <folder_name>: create new rust project using cargo
cargo run: run a cargo project
cargo build: build a cargo project, optimized for fast compilation
cargo check: check the project for errors without building
cargo test: run test cases if any
cargo doc: generates documentation for project
cargo doc --open: will build documentation provided by all your dependencies locally and open it in your browser
cargo build --release: builds a release version of project, optimized for performance(production release)
cargo clippy: shows you warnings about things that you are doing the "wrong" way and tells you how you can write better rus
cargo clippy -- -W clippy::pedantic: this clippy group contains really opinionated lints that nitpicks about even more possible errors and just gives warnings

VS Code Extensions

Rust Syntax by Dusty Pomerleau
rust-analyzer by rust-lang.org
Rust Flash Snippets by lorenzo pirro

Prelude: By default, Rust has set of items defined in the standard library that it brings into the scope of every program, e.g, the io library. If a type you want to use isn’t in the prelude, you have to bring that type into scope explicitly with a use statement.

String: is a string type provided by the standard library that is a growable, UTF-8 encoded bit of text.

Reference(&): gives you a way to let multiple parts of your code access one piece of data without needing to copy that data into memory multiple times.

Crate: is a collection of Rust source code files. A binary crate is executable.

Crates.io: is where people in the Rust ecosystem post their open source Rust projects for others to use.

Shadowing: ets us reuse a variable name rather than forcing us to create two unique variables, such as guess_str and guess, for example. This feature is often used when you want to convert a value from one type to another type.

Panicking: is a term used in Rust when when a program exits with an error.

Destructuring: is breaking a compound type into different parts, e.g, breaking a tuple(tup) into three parts(x, y, z).

Rust Commands

clear: to clear terminal

pwd: check folder directory

open .: open folder in directory from the terminal

rustc --version: to check rust compiler version installed in pc

cargo --version: to check the version of the cargo build tool.

rustup update: update rust version from terminal

cargo update: is used to update a crate, the command update will ignore the Cargo.lock file and figure out all the latest versions that fit your specifications in Cargo.toml.

cargo new <folder_name>: create new rust project using cargo

cargo run: run a cargo project

cargo build: build a cargo project, optimized for fast compilation

cargo check: check the project for errors without building

cargo test: run test cases if any

cargo doc: generates documentation for project

cargo doc --open: will build documentation provided by all your dependencies locally and open it in your browser

cargo build --release: builds a release version of project, optimized for performance(production release)

cargo clippy: shows you warnings about things that you are doing the "wrong" way and tells you how you can write better rus

cargo clippy -- -W clippy::pedantic: this clippy group contains really opinionated lints that nitpicks about even more possible errors and just gives warnings

Glossary

Definations

Rust Commands

VS Code Extensions

Useful Rust Crates Used

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Glossary

Definations

Rust Commands

VS Code Extensions

Useful Rust Crates Used

🔗 Resources