Rust Web Backend Sample Stack

This project aims to speed up the development of a web backend written in Rust using Rocket + Diesel, with the more common needs addressed. Both the Web Framework and ORM chosen are the most popular at the time of this implementation.

Notes

1. This sample code uses SQLite as database backend however Diesel also supports MySQL and PostgreSQL;
2. Using this project as starting point absolutely not exempt you of reading all of the material that you can before start coding using Rust;
3. VSCode is the suggested code editor and its launch configuration is included. You just need to install the extensions Rust + CodeLLDB from the Marketplace;
4. Because of Rocket, you need to use the nightly version of Rust using rustup default nightly;
5. In case of you need to debug you code using VSCode is highly recomended that you install Rust source code using the command rustup component add rust-src and make sure of setting "sourceMap" of .vscode/launch.json to map the original source location to the output of $(rustc --print sysroot)/lib/rustlib/src/rust. See the CodeLLDB manual;

Setup

1. Assuming that Rust is installed in your system, follow the note 4 above;
2. Install Diesel CLI with cargo install diesel_cli;
3. Define an environment variable DATABASE_URL pointing to a file to be created (our SQLite database);
4. Call diesel migration run;
5. Call cargo run and open in your browser the URL shown at the console.