Tuesday, 23 March, 2021 UTC


Summary

```shell cargo init ``` By default cargo initializes a new package containing a *binary* crate. The file that gets compiled into the binary is located at `src/main.rs`. This is by convention and we can specify different paths and names for binaries. We also get a `Cargo.lock` and a `Cargo.toml`. These are similar to JavaScript's `package.json` and `package-lock.json` or `yarn.lock`. The `Cargo.toml` defines different features of our package including `dependencies`, defining zero or one library crates, and defining as many binary crates as we want. We can run the new binary with `cargo run`. ```shell ❯ cargo run Compiling digital-garden-steps v0.1.0 (/digital-garden-steps) Finished dev [unoptimized + debuginfo] target(s) in 1.38s Running `target/debug/digital-garden-steps` Hello, world! ```