Rust Servers, Services, and Apps - by Prabhu Eshwarla (Paperback)

About the Book

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

Book Synopsis

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.

Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications.

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

From the Back Cover

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 etailed annotations to help you understand how Rust works under the hood.

Review Quotes

"The missing book for anyone that has taken the time to learn Rust but now doesn't know how to apply the language to any real world scenarios." Gustavo Filipe Ramos Gomes

"This is my kind of book! The author takes you through writing a variety of web services in Rust toward a final project." Jerome Meyer

"Great examples with good level of difficulty." Marcos Oliveira

"A clear and pragmatic guide to building services in Rust." Dan Sheikh

About the Author

Prabhu Eshwarla has spent over 25 years in the software industry, including time at Hewlett Packard. He specializes in distributed software systems including web development, backend servers, and system tools using open source technologies. He wears multiple hats and works with every layer of the stack.