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It's no coincidence that web is full of bloated frameworks - because the emphasis is on cranking out yet another generic page not optimising things to within an inch of its life.
I've built all my web backends in either Flask or Django - what are the selling points/advantages of using Rust vs. Python in this context? Certainly not arguing against it but am very curious and unfamiliar with Rust. If anyone has moved from Python to Rust for this kind of work, can you speak on your experiences with doing so?
There is some argument that you (or at least some developers) can be more productive with a strongly-typed ORM, but I think FastAPI / Django-ninja capture most of these benefits in the Python ecosystem so it’s not a big win in this dimension IMO.
But in summary it’s a perf vs productivity trade-off.
With all due respect does anyone else find Rust's syntax just horrible? #[get("/")] #[actix_web::main] std::io::Result HttpResponse::Ok().body("Hello world!") I mean, blegh! Anyway, just making conversation please don't take offense, some people think Ruby looks like ass.
I won't use it to build a website until we get something like Django, or at least something like Flask's ecosystem. I want automatic (or at least easy and without DRY problems) DB migrations. I want an auto-generated admin page; auth; email. I will continue using Rust for embedded, 3D graphics, and desktop PC programs, but won't touch it for websites until this is solved.
I've built all my web backends in either Flask or Django - what are the selling points/advantages of using Rust vs. Python in this context? Certainly not arguing against it but am very curious and unfamiliar with Rust. If anyone has moved from Python to Rust for this kind of work, can you speak on your experiences with doing so?
Is Rust ready for server rendering and templating? API's are one thing but regular SSR is often useful.
With all due respect does anyone else find Rust's syntax just horrible? #[get("/")] #[actix_web::main] std::io::Result HttpResponse::Ok().body("Hello world!") I mean, blegh! Anyway, just making conversation please don't take offense, some people think Ruby looks like ass.