01_init.md

Initialization

Here is your first task! Create a new project named "tui" in the workspace.

If you are already familiar with cargo, this should be a breeze. If not, don't worry! Just check the output of cargo --help.

Solution ✅

cargo new tui

This will create a new directory named tui with the following structure:

tui
├── Cargo.toml
└── src
    └── main.rs

tui/Cargo.toml is the manifest file for the project where we will be defining the dependencies and other configurations. Go and take a look at it :)

Also, the top-level Cargo.toml in the workspace should now look like this:

[workspace]
resolver = "2"
members = ["common", "server", "tui"]

Since our new tui project is the member of the workspace now, we can try running it via:

cargo run -p tui

If everything goes right, you should see the output Hello, world! in the terminal. Voila! You have just created a Rust project.

But don't get too excited, we have a long way to go.

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Note

Get the initial code for the TUI project by running:

git merge origin/chapter-1

Continue to the next chapter to initialize TUI with Ratatui. ➡️