it is unclear who is the target

[matkoniecz]

Is it a suitable start for someone with 0 Rust experience? (my guess: yes, but it is a guess and it turned out to be wrong)

small exercises to get you used to reading and writing Rust code

indicates that it is for beginners, but it is unclear is it for someone just starting from hello world.

Alternatively, for a first-time Rust learner, there's several other resources:

Is it supposed to mean "first-time Rust learner, you will be better served by this alternatives", or "for first-time Rust learner this also may be useful"?

[manyinsects]

Good question! Rustlings has been proven to be more useful for Rust learners with previous experience, yes. I agree that the wording in the Readme file is confusing, I'll open a pull request to fix that.

[paulwilljones]

Running through the Rustlings Intellij course provides a great experience of learning the theory and putting it into practice with an exercise. Can the Rustling CLI deliver the task descriptions like Intellij for each exercise, or is the expectation that users go to the relevant page in the Rust book for the theory, then return and complete the exercise?

[manyinsects]

@paulwilljones that's the idea, yes

[allstar87]

There doesn't seem to be any documentation designed for the beginner. Everything seems to assume you already know what you're doing. The Book says it's for people who have programmed before in the preamble.