Web Development in Rust: From Basics to Deployment

The book "Web Development in Rust: From Basics to Deployment" is a practical guide for developers who want to master building modern web applications in the Rust language. Rust combines the performance of C/C++ with memory safety, making it an ideal choice for high-load backend systems.

What is this book about?

The book covers the full cycle of web application development in Rust, starting from basic language concepts and ending with deploying a finished project to production. You will get acquainted with popular web frameworks, working with databases, asynchronous programming, and testing tools.

Key topics:

• Rust basics for web development: data types, ownership, borrowing, lifetimes, structs and enums
• Asynchronous programming: async/await, tokio, async-std, handling requests without blocking threads
• Popular web frameworks: Actix-web, Rocket, Axum — from simple APIs to complex microservices
• Working with databases: SQL (Diesel, SQLx) and NoSQL (Redis, MongoDB) — connection, migrations, query optimization
• REST and GraphQL: API design, serialization/deserialization (Serde), data validation
• Authentication and authorization: JWT, OAuth2, sessions, protection against CSRF and XSS
• Testing: unit, integration, and load tests using standard tools
• Deployment and monitoring: Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, logging, metrics (Prometheus)

Who is this book for?

The book will be useful for:

• Developers with a basic knowledge of Rust who want to transition to web development
• Backend developers in other languages (Python, Go, Java) who want to learn Rust for high-load projects
• DevOps engineers seeking to understand how modern web applications in Rust are built
• Students and teachers studying systems programming and web technologies

What will you learn after reading?

• Create full-fledged REST APIs and GraphQL servers in Rust
• Design databases and execute complex queries using ORM
• Configure authentication and protection against common vulnerabilities
• Write tests for web applications and conduct load testing
• Containerize applications and deploy them to the cloud
• Optimize performance and manage memory in asynchronous applications

Each chapter contains practical examples ready for use in real projects. The author pays special attention to security and performance, which are key advantages of Rust.

The book is suitable both for self-study and as a reference guide. Code examples are available for download and testing. Start your journey in web development with Rust today!