🦀 Rust TUI App to display external command | Cursive Crate

💬 Big shout-out to ‪@JavierHarford‬ for the awesome suggestion!
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Hey, what’s going on, everyone? This is Bek Brace from BackBrace, and today we’re diving into an exciting Rust project! 🎉
In this tutorial, we’ll explore how to build a simple Text User Interface (TUI) app using the Cursive library. We’ll pipe in external command output (in this case, the dir command for Windows) and display it right in the TUI. This is perfect for anyone looking to combine system commands with a user-friendly terminal interface.
💻 What You’ll Learn:
How to use the Cursive library in Rust to build TUI apps.
How to execute external commands using Command and capture output.
Displaying the command output in a TUI with dialogs and text views.
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[@azharalibhutto1209]

Really amazing ❤❤❤❤❤

[@BekBrace]

Thank you my friend

[@garystroup5285]

Very cool. So I can create terminal apps that can open up files for me to CRUD the data for instance? Similar to VIM? I’m kinda getting bored of web apps and want something new. TUI or use Tauri for desktop apps might be something to explore.

[@BekBrace]

Thanks Gary ! Yes, you absolutely can! In fact, Rust, combined with libraries like Cursive for the TUI, allows you to create TUIs that can do much more than just executing commands. You can build full-fledged terminal apps that can open and edit files (similar to VIM or Nano) As you said you can create CRUD operations for data stored in files (like text files, JSON, or even dbs !) You can also bild menus, dialog boxes, and views to handle different aspects of file manipulation, data navigation, etc... If you have any questions, just let me know

[@garystroup5285]

@@BekBrace Thanks for the feedback! It may take me some time. I come from a JavaScript background and have used Golang in my backend from time to time. Just starting out with Rust this past week. My main motivation for learning rust is because I would like to dive into embedded systems. I did take an intro to C++ back in college so Rust does not feel all that foreign to me. I will definitely continue to watch your videos and reach out if I stumble along the way.

[@BekBrace]

@garystroup5285 great 👍👍👍 feel free to reach out anytime - good luck, man

[@iabhishek]

Can we please have a neovim full tutorial from noob to mastery

[@BekBrace]

@@iabhishek Thank you for the suggestion, I wanted to do this actually

[@iabhishek]

@@BekBrace thats wonderful, also your content is top notch don't ever stop making videos thank you

[@raphaelkyrdan172]

I think you know that the part when you are executing the "dir" command does not work on macos? It would be better if in your examples you showed cross platform examples. Right now the "pipe" can only show the hardcoded text but cannot really execute the commands.

[@BekBrace]

@@raphaelkyrdan172 I understand you're frustrated, sorry for that

[@raphaelkyrdan172]

@@BekBrace no worries, I've already did macos version with AI help.

[@장정태]

I want to learn Rust.😂

[@BekBrace]

@@장정태 let's Goooo