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Displaying Content in the Browser

We are now at the stage where we can build a web application that can manage a range of HTTP requests with different methods and data. This is useful, especially if we are building a server for microservices. However, we also want non-programmers to interact with our application to use it. To enable non-programmers to use our application, we must create a graphical user interface. However, it must be noted that this chapter does not contain much Rust. This is because other languages exist to render a graphical user interface. We will mainly use HTML, JavaScript, and CSS. These tools are mature and widely used for frontend web development. While I personally love Rust (otherwise I wouldn’t be writing a book ...

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