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S. LyuPractical Rust Web Projectshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6589-5_1

1. Rust in the Web World

Shing Lyu1  
(1)
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
 

If you are reading this book, you are probably as excited about Rust as I am. Since the first stable release in 2015, Rust has come a long way in terms of features and stability. Developers around the world are fascinated about how Rust can combine features that were once thought of as unavoidable trade-offs: performance with memory safety, low-level control with productivity. Despite its infamous steep learning curve, Rust has gained popularity over the years. It was named the “most loved programming language” in a StackOverflow survey four years in a row, from 2016 to 2020. Many big companies ...

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