Clap's Design Challenges

Allen Wyma talks with Ed Page, maintainer of clap. Command Line Argument Parser (clap) is a library to help create CLI apps using Rust.

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Timestamps

• [@0:41] - Ed’s introduction of clap
• [@3:09] - What makes clap better than other parsing solutions?
• [@7:30] - Ed’s programming background
• [@10:10] - Ed’s comparison of Rust vs other programming languages
• [@14:06] - Ed and his team’s participation in the Rust community
• [@22:07] - Futurewei’s Rust development efforts
• [@26:51] - How did Ed start in Rust and what took him to clap
• [@32:05] - How does clap handle customization.
• [@34:28] - clap’s 3.0 & 3.1 release
• [@42:03] - What are the future plans for clap
• [@47:40] - argparse vs Click
• [@51:34] - Ongoing plans for clap’s improvement
• [@53:45] - Ed’s efforts on keeping CLI alive
• [@56:09] - What is cargo-script?
• [@1:03:12] - Ed’s view about the state of education in Rust
• [@1:08:06] - Ed’s tips and tricks for beginners.

Credits

Intro Theme: Aerocity

Audio Editing: Plangora

Hosting Infrastructure: Jon Gjengset

Show Notes: Plangora

Hosts: Allen Wyma