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In this series of posts, I guide you through the process of creating and deploying your own URL shortener. By the end, you will have learnt the basics of Rust, Docker, Svelte, and Elastic Beanstalk.
In this series of posts, I aim to guide you through the process of creating and deploying a public API. Over the course of the series, you will learn how to use the following technologies: Rust with Rocket web framework - for handling API requests D...
In the first post of the series, I covered the reasons for choosing Rust and AWS, as well as the process for initialising a new Rust project. If you haven't followed the steps in that article, you can find it here. In this article, we will create a s...
In the last post, we created a simple URL-shortener API and tested it manually with curl and a browser. In this post, we will use Rust's integrated unit-testing features to allow testing with a single command, and then automate testing with GitHub Ac...
In the last post, we created some unit tests that will allow us to automatically test our application. In this post, we will cover the process of Dockerizing our application in preparation for deploying with AWS Elastic Beanstalk. What is Docker? Exp...
In the last post, we worked on containerizing the backend of our application, so that we can deploy it with a single command. In this post, we will create a static front-end application with Svelte + Bulma, and then integrate it into our Rust code + ...
In the last post, we created a static front-end application with Svelte + Bulma, and then integrated it into our Rust code + Dockerfile. In this final post, we will cover the process of actually deploying the app to AWS Elastic Beanstalk. What is Ela...
