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Choosing a Rust web framework

| Tim Abell | 0 minute read

Unlike in dotnet and ruby on rails where there is more or less ONE TRUE WAY™ to build web things there are several competing backend frameworks / crates for web backends in Rust. There are many choices for the front-end with and without Rust, but for this post I’m just...

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New rust workshop podcast episode

| Tim Abell | 7 minute read

Hot off the audacity mp3 presses, a long overdue rust workshop podcast episode is out. Get it here: The Rust Workshop Podcast - Episode 4 - “Consulting, Web projects, Regression tests, TWIR, Rustacean Station, Meetups” I’m looking for guests so if you’d like to record with me about all things...

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Rust Programming Books

| Tim Abell | 0 minute read

A catalogue of books on the Rust programming language. I was about to buy a book on Rust, then I wondered what other books there were, turns out quite a few! I took the time to make a catalogue of them for you here. If I’ve missed any then do...

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Reading Rust Meetup Group Launched

| Tim Abell | 3 minute read

There’s a thriving London Rust meetup already, but nothing for the Thames Valley. Given the growing interest in Rust in the programming community and that Reading is a bit of a hub for technology businesses I’ve set up a meetup in Reading. To start with it’s just laptop + pub...

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Live streaming rust coding videos

| Tim Abell | 0 minute read

I’ve been doing a bit of live-streaming as I work on this presentation for “dependency injection in Rust”. In order to show that the methods GPT came up with actually work, I’m working on a demo codebase here: https://github.com/timabell/rust-dependency-injection-demo. And because I can I’ve been livestreaming bits of it to...

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How to be part of the rust community

| Tim Abell | 0 minute read

As I’ve joined the UK rust community it’s not been super-clear to me how to join in online. So here’s some resources to help you get stuck in. https://www.rust-lang.org/community lists some of these, and more. Online https://www.rust-lang.org/community The Official Rust Users Forum #general chat on The Official Rust Zulip reddit...

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