Rust + Tokio Workshop Setup

Working with Codespaces

This project is all set up to be used with GitHub Codespaces. Fork this repository and spin up a codespace on your own.

Running codespaces

After booting up codespaces, you find yourself in a VSCode like setup. Enter the command line and run

$ cargo run

If you see compile information and Hello, world! printed out on your command line, you are ready to go!

If you see

Blocking waiting for file lock on build directory

... just wait for a bit. Codespaces is activating all plug-ins.

Local setup

Preqrequisites

Before the workshop, make sure you have the correct tools installed and verified. You need:

1. Rustup Toolchain
2. An editor of your choice (we highly recommmend VSCode + Extensions)
3. telnet or similar to test your applications

Install and verify Rust

Rustup provides you with all the software to compile and run Rust applications, e.g.

1. Cargo - build tool and package manager
2. rustfmt - Auto-formatting tool for Rust code
3. clippy - Linting for common mistakes

and many more. Rustup also allows you to install different compile targets and multiple toolchains, as well as keeping your toolchains up to date.

After installing, you should have a set of new command line tools available.

Verify your Rust installation:

1. Open a Terminal/Shell of your choice

2. Navigate to this projects folder

3. Enter

4. Build and run

$ cargo run

If you see compile information and Hello, world! printed out on your command line, you are ready to go!