The ins and outs of Rocket, in detail.

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Introduction

Rocket is a web framework for Rust. If you'd like, you can think of Rocket as being a more flexible, friendly medley of Rails, Flask, Bottle, and Yesod. We prefer to think of Rocket as something new. Rocket aims to be fast, easy, and flexible while offering guaranteed safety and security where it can. Importantly, Rocket also aims to be fun, and it accomplishes this by ensuring that you write as little code as needed to accomplish your task.

This guide introduces you to the core, intermediate, and advanced concepts of Rocket. After reading this guide, you should find yourself being very productive with Rocket.

Audience

Readers are assumed to have a good grasp of the Rust programming language. Readers new to Rust are encouraged to read the Rust Book. This guide also assumes a basic understanding of web application fundamentals, such as routing and HTTP. Mozilla provides a good overview of these concepts in their MDN web docs.

Foreword

Rocket's design is centered around three core philosophies:

These three ideas dictate Rocket's interface, and you will find all of them embedded in Rocket's core features.