To start using Rust, download the installer, then run the program and follow the onscreen instructions. You may need to install the Visual Studio C++ Build tools when prompted to do so.

Affectionately nicknamed “the book,” The Rust Programming Language will give you an overview of the language from first principles. You’ll build a few projects along the way, and by the end, …

Getting Started Let’s start your Rust journey! There’s a lot to learn, but every journey starts somewhere. In this chapter, we’ll discuss: Installing Rust on Linux, macOS, and Windows …

Now that you’ve installed Rust, it’s time to write your first Rust program. It’s traditional when learning a new language to write a little program that prints the text Hello, world! to the screen, …

The simplest Rust programs, like the one we’ve written so far, don’t have any dependencies. If we had built the “Hello, world!” project with Cargo, it would only use the part of Cargo that handles …

Rust by Example (RBE) is a collection of runnable examples that illustrate various Rust concepts and standard libraries. To get even more out of these examples, don't forget to install Rust …

The Rust project is quite large and it can be difficult to know which parts of the project need help, or are a good starting place for beginners. Here is a (non-exhaustive) list of rust-lang projects …

First Steps with Cargo This section provides a quick sense for the cargo command line tool. We demonstrate its ability to generate a new package for us, its ability to compile the crate within …

Creating a New Package To start a new package with Cargo, use cargo new:

edition = "2024" [dependencies] That edition = "2024" setting configures your package to be built using the Rust 2024 edition. No further configuration needed! You can use the --edition …