Chapter 8: Serving Static Assets and Templates
One of the common functions of a web application is serving static files such as Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) or JavaScript (JS) files. In this chapter, we are going to learn about serving static assets from the Rocket application.
One common task for a web framework is rendering a template into HTML files. We are going to learn about using the Tera template to render HTML from the Rocket application.
In this chapter, we're going to cover the following main topics:
- Serving static assets
- Introducing the Tera template
- Showcasing users
- Working with forms
- Securing HTML forms from CSRF
