January 2026
Intermediate to advanced
674 pages
15h 30m
English
Overview
This book, "Rust Web Programming", serves as a practical and engaging guide to utilizing Rust for web development, from straightforward monolithic architectures to advanced microservices and nanoservices. Throughout this book, you will learn cutting-edge frameworks like Axum and Rocket, understand async Rust, and deploy robust web applications that are safe and performant.
What this Book will help me do
- Build scalable and performant Rust web applications.
- Master Rust language fundamentals, including async programming.
- Create secure web applications with authentication and database integration.
- Understand and utilize Rust's strong safety guarantees for web programming.
- Deploy and manage Rust web servers utilizing cloud platforms.
Author(s)
The author, Maxwell Flitton, is a software developer with expertise in Rust and its applications in web development. With a focus on practical knowledge, Maxwell brings years of experience in implementing and deploying web solutions and shares an approachable, hands-on methodology in his writing. His passion for distributed systems and efficient architectures shapes the practical examples found in this book.
Who is it for?
This book is ideal for web developers experienced in languages like Python, Ruby, or JavaScript who wish to expand their expertise into Rust. It caters to professionals aiming to build performant web applications, who possess fundamental knowledge of web technologies, and are seeking comprehensive guidance to efficiently adopt Rust for their development projects.
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