Apparently “rs” (rust source?) is the proper extension. Save it somewhere convenient.Ĭreate a source file. Enter a product name (I called mine “Rust” because that’s exactly how creative I am.) and set your build tool (in my case, /usr/local/bin/rustc because of the link). I put a link in to / usr/local/bin.Ĭreate a Project. Create an external build system Xcode project by choosing File > New > Project > Cross-platform > External Build System > Next. They install to ~/.cargo, for whatever reason. On the next screen select where you your project will be saved and remember to check Create local git. Install Rust. You start, as one does, by installing Rust. Name your project and set its Type to C++. Perhaps you need to just use the command-line with GCC and not Xcode. But GCC is not provided by Apple anymore, you will have to get the compiler. A lot of Xcode projects require you to add additional frameworks to link against. There is also the issue of GCC libraries that may need to be added. Learn Objective-C, Building an App: Adding Frameworks to an Xcode Project. I’m not going to say it was a stunning success but there was enough interest that I thought I’d share the steps so you too could embrace Rust through Xcode. You can change the compiler by selecting the target and selecting 'Build Rules', finding the entry for the language and changing it. Xcode > File > New > Project > macOS > Command Line Tool > Next > Language -> C++ > Next just like that you have the project up and running which will run your C++ program. Yesterday, I was taking a class on Rust and decided to use my friendly neighborhood (sp)IDE (rman) coding environment, namely Xcode. Download Xcode for macOS 12.5 or later and enjoy it on your Mac.

A while ago, I posted about how I set up Xcode to work with Python.

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