This is a small tutorial where we will build a very simple and specific web client as a vehicle for familiarizing with using Rust. I will endeavour to make it as simple to follow through on your own but the initial usage for this is for a workshop style setting.
The client we are going to construct is a Github one so that we are able to query the Rust repository.
This workshop is intended for those with software background but no experience with Rust programming language.
The intended outcome of this workshop is to be able to produce a basic web client that allows you to check pull requests you have open on Github. Through this I am hoping to expose you to many of the common practices in Rust through some practical means rather than theory based. I have chosen a very specific functionality for this client but of course this can be extended and is not a design I would recommend if you are looking at making a generic client for a certain API.
Most sections will have code for you to work on as well as my solution to that
step (yours definitely does not need to look exactly the same!). These are
located in the solution directory for each section and can be run like all
sections with cargo run to see what the expected output is.
Next I would navigate to the contents where you can get started!
Whenever you are wanting to start a new section you can enter the directory and
edit the code in place but I recommend running the init_section.sh script
just to initialize the directory so you will not have to wait for the
dependencies to compile every time you start a new section.