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I've been using 'actix-web' in anger for the last month or so and I just want to echo that it is an amazingly fast and fully-featured project. I smiled when re

by _wc0m 9y ago

I've been using 'actix-web' in anger for the last month or so and I just want to echo that it is an amazingly fast and fully-featured project. I smiled when reading this post because I absolutely recognize the euphoria of carrying out a world-changing refactor and having it work first time. If this is what the future of backend development feels like, sign me up!

dorfsmay 9y ago
Have you look at rocket etc... Curious about your decision process.
- adwhit 9y ago
  I like rocket a lot - practically as easy as writing flask but with glorious type-safety thrown in - but I really wanted async ('like, now') because my project will have a large number of persistent connections. I'm sure rocket will get async eventually but it looks to be some way off. In comparison to rocket, actix-web does not use codegen tricks so is not as ergonomic or as safe - e.g. it cannot statically check that the path variables that you ask for actually exist on the route - but these are things that a simple test suite easily picks up (incidentally actix-web has a nice built-in test server). Also I was a little concerned that rocket development has stalled somewhat. 26 PRs waiting at time of writing. As I recall the maintainer is teaching a Rust class as Stanford so he's most likely just very busy.
  - fafhrd91 9y ago
    i just added extractors system. it is not released yet, i am planing to release it later this week https://actix.github.io/actix-web/actix_web/struct.Route.html#method.with https://actix.github.io/actix-web/actix_web/struct.Route.htm...
  - aschampion 9y ago
    For async, also worth considering Gotham: https://gotham.rs/ https://gotham.rs/ I only have minimal experience with it, since I've also eventually chosen actix-web for all my projects so far due to its simplicity.

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I've been using 'actix-web' in anger for the last month or so and I just want to echo that it is an amazingly fast and fully-featured project. I smiled when re

by _wc0m 9y ago

dorfsmay 9y ago
Have you look at rocket etc... Curious about your decision process.
- adwhit 9y ago
  I like rocket a lot - practically as easy as writing flask but with glorious type-safety thrown in - but I really wanted async ('like, now') because my project will have a large number of persistent connections. I'm sure rocket will get async eventually but it looks to be some way off. In comparison to rocket, actix-web does not use codegen tricks so is not as ergonomic or as safe - e.g. it cannot statically check that the path variables that you ask for actually exist on the route - but these are things that a simple test suite easily picks up (incidentally actix-web has a nice built-in test server). Also I was a little concerned that rocket development has stalled somewhat. 26 PRs waiting at time of writing. As I recall the maintainer is teaching a Rust class as Stanford so he's most likely just very busy.
  - fafhrd91 9y ago
    i just added extractors system. it is not released yet, i am planing to release it later this week https://actix.github.io/actix-web/actix_web/struct.Route.html#method.with https://actix.github.io/actix-web/actix_web/struct.Route.htm...
  - aschampion 9y ago
    For async, also worth considering Gotham: https://gotham.rs/ https://gotham.rs/ I only have minimal experience with it, since I've also eventually chosen actix-web for all my projects so far due to its simplicity.