Durable software not only handles errors, it presents them to users in a helpful and meaningful way. Let’s put the finishing touches to our line-counting program by completing the user interface.
All tagged the secrets of rust tools
Things fall apart
The night is dark and full of errors—and durable Rust software is not only ready for them, but handles them sensibly. Let’s see how, by returning to our line-counter project.
Writing terrible code
The secret of being a great coder is to write terrible code. Wait, wait. Hear me out: I’m going somewhere with this.
The magic function
How do you design user-friendly APIs in Rust? The answer is easy: you use them! Let’s build a simple Rust CLI tool using what I call the “magic function” approach.