New Coder: Starting w/ RUST, as needed for My Own Projects

[Robert Wilson]

  Hello RUST Coders-m I need help setting up My Code Edotor, and Code Compiller

on my Mac's TERMINAL? Right? To start RUST projects...Which of each of these, shouold I use? ..and I just down load these right onto the TERMINAL? ...I have already Installed RUST on my Terminal. Thats ok right? Sorry to be such a nub at all this.

  Also, Do I need a Text Editor, like NANO? Do I use this outside of the Terminal I guess?

I have never done any coding before, although I have worked with a Top White Hat hacker

on creating, wireframing I guess, some really advanced Tech Projects I want to now code

for myself, with maybe the help of some here in the RUST Community at 1 point.

  Please be kind and take pity on my complete lack of info how to start here.

     thanks for any help you can dole out,  Robert Wilson.  XTKN t.m.

[Michael Snoyman]

Hey Robert,

My recommendation, if you're not already set up with a terminal-based workflow, would be the following stack:

* Rust toolchain: follow the instructions at https://www.rust-lang.org/tools/install

* Editor: the easiest onboarding experience right now IMO is VS Code: https://code.visualstudio.com/

* Code completion/Intellisense: once you have VS Code installed, add rust-analyzer to it: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=rust-lang.rust-analyzer

It's definitely possible to do things from the terminal too if you're interested, but certainly not necessary. In case anyone's interested, a few months ago I did a tooling update myself and now use:

* Terminal emulator: WezTerm

* Terminal multiplexer: zellij

* Editor: Helix

* Shell: fish + starship + zoxide

But all of those have much more of a learning curve than VS Code.

Good luck and lots of Rust success!

Michael

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