Handling HTTP Requests
So far, we have structured our to-do module in a flexible, scalable, and reusable manner. However, this can only get us so far in terms of web programming. We want our to-do module to reach multiple people quickly without the user having to install Rust on their own computers. We can do this with a web framework. Rust has plenty to offer. Initially, we will build our main server in the Actix Web framework.
To achieve this, we will be building the views of the server in a modular fashion; we can slot our to-do module into our web application with minimal effort. It must be noted that the Actix Web framework defines views using async functions. Because of this, we will also cover asynchronous programming to get a better understanding of how the Actix Web framework works.
In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:
- Introducing the Actix Web framework
- Launching a basic Actix Web server
- Understanding closures
- Understanding asynchronous...
