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Fundamentals with Rust: Build a CLI Distance Calculator
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Intermediate level
Recommended experience
1.5 hours
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Hands-on learning
What you'll learn
Use Rust package manager Cargo to build applications
Write code with Rust syntax and data constructs
Apply Rust concepts of ownership, memory safety, and error handling
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Taught in English
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July 2024
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About this Guided Project
Learn step-by-step
In a video that plays in a split-screen with your work area, your instructor will walk you through these steps:
Task 1: Introduction, Project Overview and Setup
Task 2: Print Application Title
Task 3: Parse Command Arguments and Add City Data
Optional Practice Task 1: Troubleshoot a Rust Application
Task 4: Validate Arguments and Handle Errors
Task 5: Lookup City Codes in City Data
Task 6: Write Function to Calculate Distance
Optional Practice Task: Prevent Same City Codes
Task 7: Refactor and Build Release Version
Optional: Cumulative Challenge: Create a CLI Application to Count Characters
Recommended experience
Programming experience with at least one modern high-level programming language such as: JavaScript, Java, C, C++, Swift, Go, Kotlin.
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