Install¶

Windows¶

• Build Tools for Visual Studio 2022:
• requires a valid Visual Studio license, unless building open-source dependencies for your project
• https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads

• Desktop development with C++

• Rust: https://rustup.rs

Linux¶

• rustup: curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 https://sh.rustup.rs -sSf | sh

• linker (C compiler includes a linker): GCC or Clang. For Ubuntu, install build-essential package

Update¶

rustc --version
rustup update         # update
rustup self uninstall # uninstall

Install rust-analyzer extension in vs code¶

https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/languages/rust

Disable inlay hints:

// Enables the inlay hints in the editor.
//  - on: Inlay hints are enabled
//  - onUnlessPressed: Inlay hints are showing by default and hide when holding Ctrl+Alt
//  - offUnlessPressed: Inlay hints are hidden by default and show when holding Ctrl+Alt
//  - off: Inlay hints are disabled
"editor.inlayHints.enabled": "on",

Turn off underline from mut variable name:

"editor.semanticTokenColorCustomizations": {
    "enabled": true,
    "rules": {
        "*.mutable": {
            "underline": false,
        }
    }
}

Install debugging support¶

• Windows Microsoft C++ (ms-vscode.cpptools): https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-vscode.cpptools

• Linux/MacOS CodeLLDB (vadimcn.vscode-lldb): https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=vadimcn.vscode-lldb run in vscode (Ctrl + P): ext install vadimcn.vscode-lldb