cargo¶

To create a new binary project

cargo new <project_name>

To create a new library project

cargo new --lib <project_name>

To compile the project

cargo build

To compile the project with optimizations (for release)

cargo build --release

To build and execute the binary

cargo run

To build and execute the binary with arguments

cargo run -- <args>

To run tests

cargo test

To check the code for compilation errors without building

cargo check

To update dependencies in Cargo.lock

cargo update

To install a binary crate locally

cargo install <crate_name>

To uninstall a locally installed binary crate

cargo uninstall <crate_name>

To remove build artifacts and clean the target directory

cargo clean