cargo-play

cargo-play is a tool to help you running your Rust code file without manually setting up a Cargo project.

See it in action

Install

cargo install cargo-play

Usage

Simply running cargo play <files> is sufficient. You can specify your external dependency at the beginning of your file with the prefix //#. It accepts the same TOML syntax as in Cargo.toml.

Example

```rust $ cat serdejson.rs //# serdejson = "*"

use serde_json::{Result, Value};

fn main() -> Result<()> { // Some JSON input data as a &str. Maybe this comes from the user. let data = r#" { "name": "John Doe", "age": 43, "phones": [ "+44 1234567", "+44 2345678" ] }"#;

// Parse the string of data into serde_json::Value.
let v: Value = serde_json::from_str(data)?;

// Access parts of the data by indexing with square brackets.
println!("Please call {} at the number {}", v["name"], v["phones"][0]);

Ok(())

}

$ cargo play serdejson.rs Updating crates.io index Compiling serde v1.0.91 Compiling ryu v0.2.8 Compiling itoa v0.4.4 Compiling serdejson v1.0.39 Compiling gvzcg8yviqmdeuq3xti4-zbkrs v0.1.0 (/var/folders/nq/608n9lcx02nmzx333z5wyw0000gn/T/cargo-play.GVzCg8yviQmdEUq3Xti4-ZbKRs) Finished dev [unoptimized + debuginfo] target(s) in 10.23s Running /var/folders/nq/608n9lcx02n_mzx33_3z5wyw0000gn/T/cargo-play.GVzCg8yviQmd_EUq3Xti4-ZbKRs/target/debug/gvzcg8yviqmd_euq3xti4-zbkrs Please call "John Doe" at the number "+44 1234567" ```

It also supports running multiple files at the same time:

```rust $ cat tests/multi/entry.rs mod hello;

fn main() { println!("Hello {}", hello::world()); } $ cat tests/multi/hello.rs pub fn world() -> String { "World".into() } $ cargo play tests/multi/* Compiling qvsjdw04fxh5cgpdkdvg6iteak v0.1.0 (/var/folders/nq/608n9lcx02nmzx333z5wyw0000gn/T/cargo-play.QVSJDw04FxH5CGpDkDvg6itEak) Finished dev [unoptimized + debuginfo] target(s) in 0.30s Running /var/folders/nq/608n9lcx02n_mzx33_3z5wyw0000gn/T/cargo-play.QVSJDw04FxH5CGpDkDvg6itE_ak/target/debug/qvsjdw04fxh5cgpdkdvg6ite_ak Hello World ```

Files under sub-directories will be copied and placed relatively to the first file. Try:

cargo play tests/subdirs/**/*.rs

To Do

• [ ] Editor plugins
  • [x] Vim
  • [ ] VS Code
• [x] Toolchain supports
• [x] Edition Support

Editor Support

Vim

Add this line to your .vimrc or init.vim:

vim command! CargoPlay !cargo play %

With your code file open, running :CargoPlay will allow you to test your current file within an auto-generated cargo project.

VSCode

Open Command Palette and select Configure Task - This will either create a new tasks.json or open your existing tasks.json

Add the following task:

json { "version": "2.0.0", "tasks": [ { "type": "shell", "label": "CargoPlay", "command": "cargo", "args": [ "play", "${file}", ], "problemMatcher": [ "$rustc" ] } ] }

Now open the Command Palette, select Run Task and then run the new CargoPlay task

Micro

add this to your micro ~/.config/micro/init.lua

```lua local config = import("micro/config")

function init() config.TryBindKey("Alt-b", "lua:initlua.play", true) config.MakeCommand("cargoplay", play, config.NoComplete) end

function play(bp)

bp:Save()

if bp.Buf:FileType() == "rust" then
    shell.RunInteractiveShell("cargo play " .. bp.Buf.Path, true, false)
end

end

```

Then you can hit Alt + b to build your current file usig cargo play or you can use Ctrl + E and in the command console type cargoplay

Acknowledgements

This project is inspired by play.rust-lang.org and RustPlayground.