Tooling & Getting Started

This map collects the beginner Rust tooling notes for installing the toolchain, starting Cargo projects, iterating with core commands, using dependencies, and avoiding the first project-setup footguns.

Concepts

• rustup and Installation
• Cargo Basics
• Anatomy of a Cargo Project
• Cargo Build Run Check Test
• The Guessing Game Tutorial
• crates.io and Dependencies Intro
• rustfmt and Clippy

Patterns

• Start Projects with cargo new
• Use cargo check While Editing
• Keep Application Logic Testable

Antipatterns

• Using rustc Directly for Cargo-Sized Projects

Adjacent Notes

Cargo.toml Manifest · Cargo.lock · Packages and Crates · Dependencies and Version Requirements · Library and Binary Package Layout · The rustc Compiler

Sources

• The Rust Programming Language, ch. 1 “Getting Started” — the-book, https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/ch01-00-getting-started.html
• The Rust Programming Language, ch. 2 “Programming a Guessing Game” — the-book, https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/ch02-00-guessing-game-tutorial.html
• The Rust Programming Language, Appendix D “Useful Development Tools” — the-book, https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/appendix-04-useful-development-tools.html