Write Your First Rust Program in Visual Code

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Let’s Write🚀 Your First Rust Program: Join the fun! Follow these easy steps to write your first Rust program using Visual Studio Code.

💻 Step by Step Guide:

1. Install Rust: Before you start coding in Rust, you need to have Rust installed on your system. You can install Rust by following the instructions on the official Rust website: Install Rust.

2. Install Visual Studio Code: If you don't have Visual Studio Code installed, you can download and install it from the official website: Visual Studio Code.

3. Install the Rust Extension for Visual Studio Code: Open Visual Studio Code, go to the Extensions view (Ctrl+Shift+X or Cmd+Shift+X), and search for "Rust." Install the extension provided by the Rust Programming Language. This extension provides Rust language support and various tools for Rust development.

4. Create a New Rust Project: Open a terminal and navigate to the directory where you want to create your Rust project. Run the following command to create a new Rust project using Cargo (Rust's package manager):

cargo new my_first_rust_project

This command will create a new directory named my_first_rust_project with the basic structure of a Rust project.

5. Open the Project in Visual Studio Code: Open Visual Studio Code and use the "Open Folder" option to open your newly created project folder (my_first_rust_project in this example).

6. Edit the main.rs File: Inside your project folder, you'll find a file named main.rs in the src directory. Open this file in the editor. It contains a simple "Hello, world!" program by default.

fn main() 
{ 
   println!("Hello, world!"); 
}

7. Run the Program: In VSCode, open the integrated terminal (Ctrl+`` or View > Terminal), navigate to the project directory (cd my_first_rust_project`), and run your program using Cargo:

cargo run

Cargo will compile and run your Rust program, and you should see the output "Hello, world!" in the terminal.

🎉Congratulations! You've just written and run your first Rust program in Visual Studio Code. From here, you can explore more Rust features, libraries, and tools to continue your Rust development journey.

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