Building a Fast and Scalable HTTP Server with Rust's Actix-Web Library

1 · Derek Cuevas · May 27, 2023, 12:05 a.m.
Rust is known for its performance, memory safety, and strong typing features. In addition, the language is ideal for building high-performance web applications and services. Actix-web is a popular Rust library that allows developers to easily build both HTTP and WebSocket servers. In this post, we will explore Actix-web and build a fast and scalable HTTP server. We will cover the following topics: Setting up the project Creating and configuring the server Defining routes and handlers Implementin...