How the RLS works
The Rust Language Server (RLS) is an important part of the plan to provide IDE support for Rust developers. In this blog post I'll try to »
These Weeks in Dev-Tools, issue 2
2017-09-20 Welcome to the 2nd issue of these weeks in dev-tools! We've had a bunch of tools releases, some new people joining the team, and some »
These Weeks in Dev-tools #1
2017-08-14 Welcome to the first ever issue of 'These Weeks in Dev-Tools'! The dev-tools team is responsible for developer tools for Rust developers. That means any »
What the RLS can do
IDE support for Rust is one of the most requested features in our surveys and is a key part of Rust's 2017 roadmap. Here, I'm going »
Rustfmt changes
Updated with some small changes tl;dr active development of Rustfmt will become nightly only for a while, and the default formatting will change dramatically. There »
Rust is about productivity
TL;DR Primarily I would sell Rust as a language which lets you get stuff done and done quickly (all kinds of stuff, including lots of »
How fast can I build Rust?
I've been collecting some data on the fastest way to build the Rust compiler. This is primarily for Rust developers to optimise their workflow, but it »
Macros (and syntax extensions and compiler plugins) - where are we at?
Procedural macros are one of the main reasons Rust programmers use nightly rather than stable Rust, and one of the few areas still causing breaking changes. »