Learn ROCKET with Real Code Examples

Build a blog API with CRUD operations

Develop a task management system

Create a JSON API for mobile apps

Implement authentication and role-based access

Serve dynamic templates with Tera or Handlebars

Check Rust compiler errors and warnings

Ensure Rocket and Rust nightly versions match

Verify database connections

Check route and request guard definitions

Use `cargo check` for quick error detection

Use Rust unit tests with `#[cfg(test)]`

Test route handlers using Rocket's local client

Mock database connections for isolated tests

Use integration tests for API endpoints

Leverage CI pipelines for automated tests

Compile as native binary and deploy on Linux servers

Docker container deployment

Deploy on cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure)

Use reverse proxies like Nginx or Caddy

Leverage systemd for service management

Cargo for building and dependency management

Diesel or SQLx for database access

Tera or Handlebars for templating

Rocket macros and fairings for middleware

Rust async ecosystem (Tokio, async-std)

PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite with Diesel or SQLx

Tera, Handlebars, or Askama templates

Serde for JSON serialization/deserialization

JWT or OAuth2 authentication libraries

Actix or Hyper for advanced async integrations

Leverage Rocket macros for concise routes

Use request guards to reduce runtime errors

Integrate database and template engines early

Automate testing and CI pipelines

Monitor compiler warnings to catch potential issues

Rust ownership and lifetime concepts

Async programming in Rust

Macros sometimes obscure compiler errors

Limited third-party libraries compared to mainstream frameworks

Managing dependencies and nightly Rust features