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cargo-script-mvs
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This Week in Rust #497
The eRFC was intentionally light on details so the Pre-RFC / IRLO thread and the demo best reflect what we hope to accomplish which are pretty detailed as-is.
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Rust went from side project to world’s fastest growing language
> A) is easy to write one off scripts that do a job fast, with minimal thinking and effort. I am thinking of Python and Ruby. For me I can write code with high velocity in these languages.
Once I wrap up some other projects, I plan to explore this space a little bit within Rust.
imo the biggest bang for the buck is just having good `#!` support. Probably mid-year I expect to have a Pre-RFC up for single-file cargo packages. See https://github.com/epage/cargo-script-mvs/discussions/15.
A bigger effort is a batteries included, non-zero cost stdlib. I've started writing up my thoughts at https://github.com/ergo-rs/ergo.
For more background on why I think these are important, see https://epage.github.io/blog/2021/09/learning-rust/.
Would love feedback on these ideas and other ways to make Rust easy to use without sacrificing what makes Rust it is.
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Rust as bash scripting replacement?
This is something I'm interested. Every time I write a bash or Python script, I think "why didn't I do this in Rust?". The first barrier is in the same line as your thoughts which is why I've been investigating the various cargo-script spin-offs and working towards an MVP for a Pre-RFC.
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Val on Programming: What makes a good REPL?
Something I've been thinking a lot about for Rust is what can and should a REPL experience be for a compiled language (ie what are reasonable compromises).
There seem to be two repls that haven't gotten much traction:
- https://github.com/google/evcxr/blob/main/evcxr_repl/README....
- https://github.com/sigmaSd/IRust
There have been little and big nits that have held me back from wanting to push these further, including
- Bad defaults (having to opt-in to panic handling)
- Command syntax feeling out of place and likely not beginner friendly
- Limits on variable preservation
- Lack of introspection (at least irust as `:type`)
So far I've been punting on wanting to improve this area by instead focusing on polishing up a rust script solution in the hopes of getting it merged: https://github.com/epage/cargo-script-mvs
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Quick Tip: You don't need to create a new cargo project if you want to test if something works in rust
rust-script is the most up-to-date version I could find. See https://github.com/epage/cargo-script-mvs/discussions/15
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Creating an Easy Mode for Rust
cargo-script has been forked or reimplemented several times.
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clap with Ed Page :: Rustacean Station
cargo-script: I've done some initial analysis and recorded my thoughts on what cargo-script in Rust should look like. If people are interested in this or other individual / company on-boarding improvements, I'd love to talk!
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When not to use Rust?
Fully agree with this though I also feel there is room for experimentation and improvement in this area. I've previously blogged on this and have started researching cargo-script. Hopefully later I'll get to my standard-adjacent library.
clap-rs
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Build Your Own curl - Rust
We will be using the library for Clap - A simple-to-use, efficient, and full-featured library for parsing command line arguments and subcommands.
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CLI Contexts
I recently came across this question (and associated answer) on the clap repository. The answer given is a good one. But I wanted to expand with my own findings and practices, which spurred the motivation for this post.
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Getting Started with CLI tools in Rust using Clap
We can also use tuple-like struct syntax and named-field struct syntax for enum variants within our enum; this is because unlike in other OOP languages, Rust enums are actually sum types. You can read more about how powerful Rust enums are in another article we wrote here. You can have optional arguments by simply wrapping the types in Option, but if you want to add a flag to a command you can use bool, since clap recognises that flags are either there or not there. Let's have a look at what this might look like:
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Flow Updater JSON Creator
I began by developing a wrapper for the CurseForge API, which turned out to be a lengthy and challenging process but constituted the bulk of the work. Next, I coded the CLI, which was relatively straightforward. Instead of using the clap crate, a Rust tool for generating CLIs, I opted for the following line of code:
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netcrab: a networking tool
By this time I had already gotten tired of parsing arguments by myself and had looked for something to help with that. I found a really dang good argument parsing library called clap. What makes it so cool is it's largely declarative for common uses. You simply mark up a struct with attributes, and the parser automatically generates the usage and all the argument parsing code.
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Grimoire - A recipe management application.
How CLI arguments are handled (using clap).
- Rust 1.72.0
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I made an alternative --help renderer for clap based applications
Is this just referring to wrapping based on the terminal width? That is supported with the wrap_help feature though I have been considering making it a default feature.
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Looking for advice around project direction using artix-web
CLI, use Clap. If you want to get fancy, use Tui.
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Build a HTTP server with Rust and tokio - Part 1: serving static files
As our CLI is getting more complex, we'll use the clap crate to parse the command line arguments.
What are some alternatives?
cargo-script - Cargo script subcommand
structopt - Parse command line arguments by defining a struct.
rust-script - Run Rust files and expressions as scripts without any setup or compilation step.
argh - Rust derive-based argument parsing optimized for code size
gcpp - Experimental deferred and unordered destruction library for C++
docopt.rs - Docopt for Rust (command line argument parser).
evcxr
argparse-benchmarks-rs - Collected benchmarks for arg parsing crates written in Rust [Moved to: https://github.com/rosetta-rs/argparse-rosetta-rs]
IRust - Cross Platform Rust Repl
easy_flag - Simple command line flag parser for rust.
team - CLI working group
serde - Serialization framework for Rust