The Rust ecosystem really grows quickly
In this article, the author explores the shortcomings of the Rust programming language in web development, particularly the lack of a lightweight web application framework for "lazy developers" to quickly deploy small projects. The author believes that the current Rust community tends to encourage developers to assemble required components themselves, making the development process quite tedious, especially for those wanting to quickly complete small or non-commercial projects.
Currently, although Rust's web development ecosystem has some simplified frameworks such as actix-web and axum, or frameworks using WebAssembly for front-end work, these tools mostly lack integration. Developers still need to spend a significant amount of time "wiring up" functionalities for each new project, making the development process highly repetitive and time-consuming. The author hopes for a comprehensive framework like Django that integrates common needs such as routing, templates, static file serving, authentication, permission management, and database interfaces, to improve development efficiency when building web applications with Rust.
Finally, the author mentions that they are currently designing a tool called newt, aiming to let developers create a basic web application within minutes, reducing the initial tedious configuration work. However, this tool is still under development and not yet ready for practical use.