Eclipse Corrosion
Rust edition and debug in Eclipse IDE
Corrosion is a Rust development plugin for the Eclipse IDE, providing a rich edition experience through integration with the Rust Language Server and Cargo. Available for download as a complete Eclipse package (See above), full Rust development support is just one click away.
Download/Install
Corrosion
Download a fully-fledged Eclipse IDE for Rust development from Corrosion download area.
OR
With Eclipse IDE properly installed on your machine, just click Here
OR
From a working Eclipse IDE, find Eclipse Corrosion on the Eclipse Marketplace (how to install from marketplace)
OR
From a working Eclipse IDE, install from p2 repository http://download.eclipse.org/releases/latest/ (or http://download.eclipse.org/corrosion/snapshots/ for development builds).
Rust Toolchain
To install the Rust toolchain, consider visiting https://rustup.rs/ and install Rustup.
On Linux and MacOS, the toolchain can also be installed via Corrosion in the Rust
preference page (Window > Preferences
).
When installing Rustup yourself, call the following command before using Corrosion:
rustup component add rls
Features
Corrosion brings together multiple different sources of features to make an enjoyable developing environment. Here are just a few of the most common features. Download today to discover all Corrosion has to offer.
Rust Language Server
The RLS supplies Corrosion with the majority of the edition abilities. More information can be found at the RLS GitHub Repository.
- Completion Assist
- Documentation Hover
- Diagnostics
- Formatting
Debug
Using the rust-gdb, Corrosion enables users to debug their Rust programs with intelligent supports.
- Variables View
- GDB Console
- Breakpoints
- Expression Execution
Cargo Test monitoring
See also
Cargo and Rustup Integration
Corrosion is built for all Rust developers, newcomers to experts, bringing a GUI to common Cargo features.
- New Project Wizard
- Toolchain Management
- TOML file editing support
- Export Crate Wizard
- Rust Language Server Preferences
in the powerful in versatile Eclipse IDE
Corrosion fits right into the standard Eclipse IDE workflows that boost productivity:
- Project Outline
- Dark Theme
- Problems View
- Git integration (Only available in Corrosion Package)
- Embedded Terminal (Only available in Corrosion Package)
- ...all Eclipse Marketplace extensions you like, including support for any other language!
Contributing
Corrosion is always open to new features and pull requests. If you have a feature or bug you wish to work on, file an issue and other Corrosion developers will be able to help you get started.
Refer to our Contributing Guide for more instructions.
Project Overview
For the edition, Corrosion uses the lsp4e project to integrate with the Rust Language Server and TM4E project to provide syntax highlighting in order to provide a rich Rust editor in the Eclipse IDE.
rustup
is used to easily provisin the various necessary Rust tools.
Initialization, import and export of projects and execution are provided by integration with cargo
command.
Debugging is provided by integration with rust-gdb
and Eclipse CDT GDB support.
Corrosion was formerly called RedOx, but required a name change due to naming overlap with another project (See issue #24)
License
Corrosion is an open-source project licensed under The Eclipse Public License - v 2.0
The Rust and Cargo logos are owned by Mozilla and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution license (CC-BY) (More Info).