X-Git-Url: https://git.ralfj.de/rust-101.git/blobdiff_plain/6b347ac8c0f8710bd0ca42d20d32511fcb53f188..a0ae4ec8a5da0e171cb2d2f68621fa98f5ea610b:/src/main.rs diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs index e1e4a64..835a150 100644 --- a/src/main.rs +++ b/src/main.rs @@ -28,25 +28,27 @@ // a garbage collector) or vice versa. Rust can run without dynamic allocation (i.e., without // a heap), and even without an operating system. In fact, Rust rules out more classes of bugs // than languages that achieve safety with a garbage collector: Besides dangling pointers and -// double-free, Rust also prevents issues such as iterator invalidation and data races. +// double-free, Rust also prevents issues such as iterator invalidation and data races. Finally, +// it cleans up behind you, and deallocates resources (memory, but also file descriptors and really +// anything) when you don't need them anymore. // // // Getting started // --------------- // // You will need to have Rust installed, of course. It is available for download on -// [the Rust website](https://www.rust-lang.org/). Make sure you get at least version 1.2. +// [the Rust website](https://www.rust-lang.org/). Make sure you get at least version 1.3. // More detailed installation instructions are provided in -// [the second chapter of The Book](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/book/installing-rust.html). +// [The Book](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/book/). // This will also install `cargo`, the tool responsible for building rust projects (or *crates*). // -// Next, fetch the Rust-101 source code from the [git repository](https://www.ralfj.de/git/rust-101.git) -// (also available [on GitHub](https://github.com/RalfJung/rust-101), and as a -// [zip archive](https://github.com/RalfJung/rust-101/archive/master.zip) in case you don't have git installed). +// Next, we have to prepare a workspace for you to conduct your Rust-101 work in, so that you don't +// have to start with an empty file. The easiest way is to [download the workspace](https://www.ralfj.de/projects/rust-101/workspace.zip) +// matching the online tutorial. Try `cargo build` in that new folder to check that compiling your workspace succeeds. +// (You can also execute it with `cargo run`, but you'll need to do some work before this does anything useful.) // -// There is a workspace prepared for you in the `workspace` folder. I suggest you copy this -// folder somewhere else. Try `cargo build` in that new folder to check that compiling your workspace succeeds. -// (You can also execute it with `cargo run`, but you'll need to do some work before this will succeed.) +// Alternatively, you can build the workspace from source by fetching the [git repository](https://www.ralfj.de/git/rust-101.git) +// and running `make workspace`. // Course Content // -------------- @@ -63,7 +65,7 @@ // // ### Basic Rust // -// * [Part 04: Ownership, Borrowing](part04.html) +// * [Part 04: Ownership, Borrowing, References](part04.html) // * [Part 05: Clone](part05.html) // * [Part 06: Copy, Lifetimes](part06.html) // * [Part 07: Operator Overloading, Tests, Formating](part07.html)