Web Development on jason grey

Enterprise Rust 2025: Web and API Development

Fri, 04 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Web and API Development for Rust Enterprise Applications Link to heading

Building robust web services and APIs is a core requirement for most enterprise applications. In this post, we’ll explore how to develop high-performance, reliable web and API components using Rust, focusing on web servers, GraphQL APIs, and RESTful services.

Web Server Technologies in Rust Link to heading

Rust’s ecosystem offers several approaches to building web servers, from low-level HTTP libraries to full-featured web frameworks.

Web and API - Enterprise Rust

Thu, 02 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Series Outline Link to heading

Overview
Framework analysis and selection: Delving into the specifics of framework selection and application.
1. Core Components: Database management, modularization, internal RPC, AMQP.
2. Web and API: Web Server, GraphQL API.
3. Application Development: Web, CLI, desktop, and mobile app development.
4. Miscellaneous Tools: Observability, logging, machine learning.
Boilerplate project: A comprehensive guide including setup instructions for selected frameworks, architectural diagrams, and development environment configurations.

Web Server Link to heading

In the realms of Java and .NET, a web application server serves as a critical component, providing an environment where web applications can run and manage web-based requests. Java has options like Apache Tomcat and WildFly, while .NET relies on servers like IIS or Kestrel. These servers handle a myriad of tasks including request processing, application lifecycle management, and security. In contrast, when it comes to Rust, a language still maturing in web development, selecting an appropriate web application server is not as straightforward. There isn’t a default go-to like in Java or .NET ecosystems. Instead, we need to explore and choose from emerging options such as Actix-Web, Rocket, or Warp, each offering unique features and performance characteristics tailored for Rust’s concurrency model and safety guarantees. This choice is pivotal to ensure efficient request handling, scalability, and robustness in Rust-based web applications.

Want to see what the temperature is in Minneapolis?

Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000

This is an embeddable from a site I did the technical architecture work for that launched recently for KMBC Kansas City, and will be rolled out to many other TV station sites soon. Give it a click to view the entire experience.

⚠️First thoughts on Microsoft Silverlight

Sat, 28 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Cool that it can work with plain JS and XML
Fast rendering engine
Cross platform/browser
MediaElement events not great - may be due to the beta version.

I’m currently working on a very simple video player in SilverLight that will be controlled via JavaScript.