Rust Servers, Services, and Apps (MEAP V14)

Build backend servers, services, and front-ends in Rust to get fast, reliable, and maintainable applications. Rust Servers, Services, and Apps teaches you how to build web servers, RESTful services, server-rendered apps, and client front-ends in Rust. You’ll learn to write code with small and predictable resource footprints, and build high-performing applications with unmatched safety and reliability. In Rust Servers, Services, and Apps, you’ll learn Developing database-backed web services in Rust Building and securing RESTful APIs Writing server-side web applications in Rust Measuring and benchmarking web service performance Packaging and deploying web services Full-stack Rust applications About the Technology The blazingly fast, safe, and efficient Rust language has been voted “most loved” for five consecutive years on the StackOverflow survey. It’s easy to see why. Rust combines all the features of a modern language with the low-latency power of C. Its efficiency will slash your runtime footprint—and your cloud hosting bills—and its flexibility lets you write network programs and high-level applications with equal ease. About the book Rust Servers, Services, and Apps is a hands-on guide to developing modern distributed web applications with Rust. You’ll learn how to build efficient services, write custom web servers, and even build full-stack applications end-to-end in Rust. You’ll start with the foundations, using Rust to build an HTTP server, and RESTful API that you’ll secure, debug, and evolve with fearless refactoring. You’ll then put Rust through its paces to develop a digital storefront service, and a single-page client-side application. This fast-paced book is packed with code samples you can adapt to your own projects, and detailed annotations to help you understand how Rust works under the hood. Deliver fast, reliable, and maintainable applications by building backend servers, services, and frontends all in nothing but Rust.In Rust Servers, Services, and Apps, you'll learn: Developing database-backed web services in Rust Building and securing RESTful APIs Writing server-side web applications in Rust Measuring and benchmarking web service performance Packaging and deploying web services Full-stack Rust applications The blazingly fast, safe, and efficient Rust language has been voted “most loved” for multiple consecutive years on the StackOverflow survey. Rust Server, Services, and Apps shows you why! Inside, you'll build web servers, RESTful services, server-rendered apps, and client frontends just using Rust. You'll learn to write code with small and predictable resource footprints, and build high-performing applications with unmatched safety and reliability. About the technology Build speedy, stable, and safe web servers in Rust! With a unique approach to memory management and concurrency, Rust excels at getting the low-level details right so your applications run fast and flawlessly. And Rust's incredible compiler helps you avoid expensive mistakes when you're deploying web services and other core components in production. About the book Rust Servers, Services, and Apps shows you how to create modern distributed web apps using the Rust language. You'll start with the basics: building a simple HTTP server and a RESTful web service. Then, you'll make them production ready by adding security, database interactivity, and error handling. Finally, you'll tackle a digital storefront service, create a single page app, and dig into asynchronous programming. All examples are fully illustrated and include annotated code you can easily adapt to your own projects. What's inside Craft resilient and secure RESTful APIs Package and deploy web services Refactor fearlessly thanks to Rust's guaranteed safety Slash costs with Rust's runtime and compile-time optimizations Asynchronous programming with Rust About the reader For web developers who know the basics of Rust. About the author Prabhu Eshwarla is the CTO of a startup building a layer-1 blockchain using Rust. Previously, he held engineering and leadership roles at Hewlett Packard. Table of Contents PART 1 - WEB SERVERS AND SERVICES 1 Why Rust for web applications? 2 Writing a basic web server from scratch 3 Building a RESTful web service 4 Performing database operations 5 Handling errors 6 Evolving the APIs and fearless refactoring PART 2 - ERVER-SIDE WEB APPLICATIONS 7 Introducing server-side web apps in Rust 8 Working with templates for tutor registration 9 Working with forms for course maintenance PART 3 - ADVANCED TOPIC: ASYNC RUST 10 Understanding async Rust 11 Building a P2P node with async Rust 12 Deploying web services with Docker Build backend servers, services, and front-ends in Rust to get fast, reliable, and maintainable applications. Rust Servers, Services, and Apps is a hands-on guide to developing modern distributed web applications with Rust. You’ll learn how to build efficient services, write custom web servers, and even build full-stack applications end-to-end in Rust. You’ll start with the foundations, using Rust to build an HTTP server, and RESTful API that you’ll secure, debug, and evolve with fearless refactoring. You’ll then put Rust through its paces to develop a digital storefront service, and a single-page client-side application. This fast-paced book is packed with code samples you can adapt to your own projects, and detailed annotations to help you understand how Rust works under the hood. In Rust Servers, Services, and Apps, you’ll learn:• Developing database-backed web services in Rust• Building and securing RESTful APIs• Writing server-side web applications in Rust• Measuring and benchmarking web service performance• Packaging and deploying web services• Full-stack Rust applications MEAP_VERSION_14 3 Welcome 4 Part_1_Web_servers_and_services 6 1_Why_Rust_for_web_applications? 7 2_Writing_a_basic_web_server_from_scratch 29 3_Building_a_RESTful_Web_Service 78 4_Performing_database_operations 115 5_Handling_Errors 147 6_Evolving_the_APIs_and_fearless_refactoring 179 Part_2_Server-side_web_applications 227 7_Introduction_to_server-side_web_apps_in_Rust 228 8_Working_with_templates_for_tutor_registration 254 9_Working_with_forms_for_course_maintenance 279 Part_3_Advanced_topic:_Async_Rust 302 10_Understanding_Async_Rust 303 11_Building_a_P2P_node_with_Async_Rust 343 Part_4_Moving_to_production 364 12_Deploying_web_services_with_Docker 365 Appendix_A._Postgres_installation 402