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In this lecture, we are going to install rust on our machines before we do, let's talk about rust.

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As I mentioned before, it's one of the most loved languages by developers.

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Why is that?

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What makes it so unique?

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Designing a programming language is a tough job.

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Communities will not hesitate to point out the pain points of a language.

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Rust was designed to solve the problems present in other languages, while not unique.

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Rust is a statically typed language.

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These types of languages allow the compiler to run checks on our data and functions.

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Thus, we can catch errors during compilation.

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This feature does force developers to write more code.

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One of the most significant drawbacks of a statically typed language is readability.

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Rust introduces type inference to help with readability, which we'll talk about in a future lecture.

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Out of all the languages available, rust is highly memory efficient.

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If you are a JavaScript developer, memory may not be something you think about frequently.

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Whenever you define a variable, you're taking up memory on a user's machine.

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One variable is not going to kill a user's browser, but hundreds of them can.

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Rust emphasizes memory safety.

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A majority of popular languages employ a garbage collector.

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It's a program that continuously checks your application for unused memory.

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Garbage collectors can automate the action of freeing memory.

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The problem with garbage collectors is that they're slow and unpredictable.

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We don't have control when they run, when they do run.

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They require additional resources to handle freeing memory.

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Unlike other languages, Rust guarantees memory safety.

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It's completely aware of when memory should be free.

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Periodic checks are not performed.

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Instead, it knows exactly when memory can be released.

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Lastly, rust is highly performance.

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It's just as fast as C or Java, since it's a memory efficient language.

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You never have to pay for things you aren't using.

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If this sounds foreign to you, that's completely fine.

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Throughout this course, we'll get firsthand experience with these features.

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Let's move on to installing rust.

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If you're on a Mac or Linux, rust can be installed through the terminal.

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You should run these commands to begin the installation.

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After installation, a success message should appear.

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Rust is a relatively easy language to install.

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If you're on a Windows machine, the installation is slightly different in the resource section of this

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lecture, I provide a link to the installation page of Rust.

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Windows users can run a downloadable installer.

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There's a 32 and 64 bit version.

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In most cases, the 64 bit version should work for most users.

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Download the installer and run the installation.

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It's a standard installation process.

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Just click next until the program is installed.

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I'm going to quickly install rust on my machine.

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After installation, three tools are going to be installed on your system.

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They are accessible via the command line.

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The first tool is called Rust Up.

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It's a tool for managing different versions of rust.

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Other projects may require different versions of rust.

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Ideally, you want projects to run on the latest version.

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In some cases, you may need experimental or beta features through the rust up command.

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You can install a nightly version of Rust.

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The second tool is called Rust.

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C Rust needs to be compiled from human readable code to binary code.

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The Rust See Command will perform this process for you.

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Normally, you won't need to run this command because of the cargo tool.

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This command is responsible for managing dependencies for your project.

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It can also compile your projects behind the scenes.

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It runs the Rust See command.

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Therefore, you can skip running the Rust See commands.

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Let's explore these tools.

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We're going to skip the Rust See tool since the cargo command runs this tool for us.

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First, let's explore the Rust Up tool.

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Currently, I'm in an empty directory with the command line opened.

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If you're using Visual Studio code, you can open a new terminal by navigating to Terminal New Terminal.

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The rust up tool is not hard to use.

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It's very likely you'll be using it to upgrade rust.

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We can upgrade rust by typing the Rust Up Update Command.

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We've installed the latest version of Rust.

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It shouldn't take long for Rust to realize it doesn't have to update our project.

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In most cases, you will use the rust up command to upgrade your rust version, which I always recommend

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doing.

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New releases are frequent from the Rust team.

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In the resource section of this lecture, I provide a link to a book called Rust Up.

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One of the things I love about the Rus community is their effort to share basic knowledge with beginners.

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This book provides a basic overview of the Rust Up tool.

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It's completely free and aimed at newcomers.

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If you would like more information about this tool, I highly recommend reading this book.

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Let's move on to the cargo tool.

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Cargo is analogous to 21:00.

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Cargo is to rust, as 21:00 is to JavaScript.

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Simple, right?

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In the resource section of this lecture, I provide a link to a registry called Crates.

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You can find community contributed packages on this site.

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It's very popular with the Rust community.

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Almost nine billion downloads have been made.

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The crates tool has various commands for creating a project.

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Let's give it a try.

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Switch back to the command line.

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We can create a new project by typing the cargo in it commands.

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After a few seconds, the command should have generated a new project in the following lecture.

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We're going to begin exploring the project generated by Chicago.