RusDo - A minimalist to-do list CLI tool

This is my very first Rust project. I was messing around with the language recently and decided to enhance my Rust skills—and more broadly, my programming skills—by building a project in this memory-safe, low-level language.

Description

Brief Introduction

The project consists of several modules, with main ones like add_task, ui, and menu. It utilizes the Rust ratatui library together with crossterm (a well-known terminal backend used to communicate with the shell).

About the Project

main.rs contains all the module definitions and calls menu::run_loop, which runs the main menu loop. The main menu loop handles all menu items enumerated in the MenuAction enum. Menu items are stored in the MenuItem struct, which holds the content and the action, while the Menu struct holds a vector of MenuItems and the selected index (useful for navigation).

The menu.rs file contains all menu-related structures, functions, and modules. The project uses SQLite3, provided by the rusqlite crate.

Each window in the project (view tasks, delete a task, about, etc.) has its own run_loop and handle_events function. The run_loop of each window returns to its parent window. If you’re at the top-level run_loop, the program simply quits after returning.

Note

This project would probably have been much simpler to implement in a language like Python (since it isn’t performance-critical), but it serves as a practice project, and I’ve learned a lot from it.

Available on crates.io