Tauri File System Access: Read, Write & Native Dialogs | Rust + React Tutorial (Lesson 35)

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Learn how to work with the file system in Tauri! 📁 In this lesson, you'll master: ✅ Tauri's security model - capability-based permissions ✅ Reading files with fs::read_to_string() ✅ Writing files with fs::write() ✅ Native open/save dialogs with tauri-plugin-dialog ✅ Standard app directories (config, data, cache) 🛠️ Technologies used: • Tauri 2.0 • Rust (std::fs, path module) • React + TypeScript • shadcn/ui components • tauri-plugin-dialog ⏱️ Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction 0:23 - Tauri Security Model 1:03 - Reading Files from Rust 1:43 - Writing Files 2:18 - File Dialogs (open/save) 3:08 - App Directories 3:43 - Live Demo: Text Editor 4:13 - Conclusion 📚 Code Examples: • Rust: fs::read_to_string(path) and fs::write(path, contents) • React: open() and save() from dialog plugin • Permissions: dialog:allow-open, fs:allow-read 🔗 GitHub: https://github.com/somaria/yt_gen_ai #Tauri #Rust #React #TypeScript #FileSystem #DesktopApp #Tutorial