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Hi! I'm a CS student at the University of Cambridge, and an aspiring backend developer. I have experience with Rust and C#, and am particularly interested in cloud computing and distributed systems.
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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 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 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...
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 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 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 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 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:
Explaining fully the reasons for choosing Rust would be a blog post in itself - instead, I recommend you watch the following video by Jon Gjengset:
If you haven't previously used Rust before, then I strongly recommend you spend some time reading through the Rust book before attempting to do any of this yourself.
Svelte is a different kind of web framework - instead of being a library like React or Vue, it is actually a compiler under the hood. This enables you to write really clean, concise, and performant code (it does surgical DOM updates instead of using VDOM diffing+reconciliation).
If you want to learn more (or even if you don't), I can highly recommend watching this excellent presentation by the creator of Svelte.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world's biggest cloud service provider. They provide over 200 services that allow organizations and individuals to rent resources from one of AWS' many data centers.
Cloud computing is becoming increasingly popular, as more and more companies prioritize agility and elasticity (which cloud platforms offer) over control and cost-efficiency (which traditional, managed infrastructure provides).
For beginners, AWS offer a free tier, which should allow you to complete this tutorial without spending any money. However, accidentally spending money is an easy mistake for beginners to make - I recommend following this video to minimize any surprise bills.
cargo init --bin to create a new Rust project, and check it works with cargo runnpm install --global yarnIf you have any issues, compare your code with the part-1 tag of my repo.
That's all for this post! In the next post, we will create a simple HTTP API with the Rocket web framework. Make sure to click the "Follow" button if you want to be alerted when the next part is available!
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Disclaimer - I'm a (mostly) self-taught programmer, and I use my blog to share things that I've learnt on my journey to becoming a better developer. Because of this, I apologize in advance for any inaccuracies I might have made - criticism and corrections are welcome!