arthurseredaa/rust-cargo-pm

Rust project with Cargo package manager

• Create this project with command cargo new project_name
• Cargo.toml - configuration file of rust project
• Cargo.lock - keep correct versions of dependencies (like package.lock in npm)

Commands:

• cargo build - compile rust file to binary and put inside ./target/debug/project_name. You need to run this command first for new projects
  • after this command you can run your binary file with terminal command ./target/debug/project_name
• cargo run - compile rust file and then run your binary
• cargo check - this command quickly checks your code to make sure it compiles but doesn’t produce an executable file
• cargo build --release - This command will create an executable in target/release instead of target/debug. The optimizations make your Rust code run faster, but turning them on lengthens the time it takes for your program to compile. This is why there are two different profiles: one for development, when you want to rebuild quickly and often, and another for building the final program you’ll give to a user that won’t be rebuilt repeatedly and that will run as fast as possible. If you’re benchmarking your code’s running time, be sure to run cargo build --release and benchmark with the executable in target/release.