Rust VSCode Setup

Visual Studio Code (VS Code) is a free IDE by Microsoft. It support multitude of programming languages, including Rust. In order to start using VS Code for Rust programming. We need to install Rust on Windows systems. Then download latest version of VS Code. Once it is installed open it and press Ctrl + Shift + X this will open Extensions then in search bar type rust-analyzer and install this extesion.

Now, Create a Folder, let say, Rust and open Command Shell or PowerShell in this directory and type

cargo new hello_world 

This will create a rust project structure in the Rust folder.



Now open VS Code then File → Open Folder and open the hell_world folder.



After the code it loaded, Click on ► Run, and the output, which in this case is Hello, world! is printed in the TERMINAL tab below.