🦀 Getting Started with Rust

In this quick guide, you'll set up your environment and write your very first Rust program. It's gonna be smooth, fun, and beginner-friendly — promise! 😄

📥 Step 1: Install Rust

Rust has an official installer that works on macOS, Linux, and Windows.

After it's done, restart your terminal and check:

Boom 💥! You're ready.

📂 Step 2: Create Your First Project

Let’s make a simple Rust app (no setup hell here 😌):

You'll see:

hello-rust/
 ┣ Cargo.toml       // Project config & dependencies
 ┗ src/
   ┗ main.rs        // Your code lives here

Now run your app:

And you’ll see:

Hello, world!

🎉 Congrats — you just wrote and ran your first Rust program!

🛠 What's Next?

Here’s what you’ll learn next (don’t worry, it’s all broken down step-by-step in this guide):

• 📦 What cargo actually does (hint: it’s magic)
• 🧠 Variables, types, and functions in Rust
• 🔐 Memory safety without garbage collection
• 🧵 Ownership, borrowing, and lifetimes (explained with love, not fear)
• 🧪 Testing your code
• 🧰 Building command-line apps, APIs, and even web apps with Rust!

💬 Why Rust?

• 🧠 Smart compiler that catches bugs before you even run your code
• 🚀 Fast as C/C++ — but much safer
• 📦 Rich ecosystem (crates.io)
• 🤝 Backed by a great community, awesome docs, and real-world use (Dropbox, AWS, Discord, etc.)

📚 Learn by Doing

This guide is hands-on. You’ll build real stuff while learning:

• A to-do app in the terminal 📝
• A basic API with axum 🌐
• A WASM-powered web app 💻

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