Web Development in Rust: From Basics to Deployment

The book "Web Development in Rust: From Basics to Deployment" is a practical guide that will take you through all stages of creating web applications in the Rust language. Rust is rapidly gaining popularity in web development due to its performance, safety, and reliability. This book will help you master the key frameworks and tools of the Rust ecosystem for building both backend and frontend.

What this book is about

The book covers the complete web development cycle in Rust:

• Rust Language Basics — a brief introduction to syntax, the ownership system, borrowing, and lifetimes necessary for web development.
• Backend Frameworks — an in-depth study of Actix-web and Rocket: routing, middleware, request handling, JSON serialization/deserialization.
• Working with Databases — using SQLx and Diesel to interact with PostgreSQL, MySQL, and SQLite, performing migrations and complex queries.
• Authentication and Authorization — implementing JWT, sessions, OAuth2, route protection, and access control.
• Frontend in Rust — creating interactive interfaces with Yew (WebAssembly), integrating with the backend via REST API and WebSocket.
• Testing and Debugging — writing unit tests, integration tests, using debugging and profiling tools.
• Deployment and DevOps — containerization with Docker, deployment on VPS, Heroku, AWS, and Cloudflare Workers, setting up CI/CD with GitHub Actions.

Who this book is for

• Developers already familiar with Rust who want to start building web applications.
• Web developers using other languages (Python, JavaScript, Go) who want to learn Rust for high-load projects.
• Students and enthusiasts interested in modern approaches to web development.
• DevOps engineers who want to understand how to deploy Rust applications in production.

What you will learn

• Design REST APIs from scratch using Actix-web and Rocket.
• Work with databases asynchronously and safely.
• Create full-fledged web applications with a frontend in WebAssembly.
• Set up authentication, authorization, and protection against common vulnerabilities.
• Write tests that guarantee the stability of your code.
• Deploy applications to the cloud and on your own servers.

Each chapter contains practical examples and ready-made projects that can be immediately used as a foundation for your tasks. The book is written in accessible language, and complex concepts are explained through real-world scenarios. After reading it, you will be able to confidently develop and launch web applications in Rust of any scale.