I really like the idea of a package/dependency manager. It just seems that when ever I am reading a tutorial and they want to import something that is not standard they say write this in to your TOMOL not cargo install it. Like when reading python docs they all say to use pip or something. Sorry it just seems that Cargo is somewhat overlooked or is it just my perception?
Cargo is Rust’s build tool. It manages your project, invokes rustc to compile your code, and does a whole bunch of other stuff. When you add a dependency to Cargo.toml, cargo will download and build it the next time you run
cargo build.You can use
cargo addto add the dependency to Cargo.toml if you wish, but the result is the same as if you just edited the file yourself.The nice thing about it is that you can see all the direct dependencies for your project by inspecting the Cargo.toml file, and you can edit that file to add or remove dependencies as needed. (check out the cargo-tree command if you want to see all of your dependencies)
To answer your question, yes, most people use Cargo. 😁