| > What's it like to work with? Do you prefer it to JS/PHP/Python for web related projects? Coming from dynamic languages it will feel very different, especially if you don't have a lot of experience with typed compiled languages. Personally, I came from a JS background and I love it. It totally sold me on the benefits of a good type system so much so that I sorely miss it when working with JS now. Writing web servers in Rust is a fairly new space, it's not as mature as js/php/python, however things are moving quickly. Having your code run orders of magnitude faster is pretty nice too. > Can you iterate on code quickly, or is there a compile step on every iteration? I think conflating 'working on code quickly' with compilation is a mistake, however, yes, you do need to compile your code. IMO a compiler will help you iterate more quickly because it's able to check for errors before you run your code. > Are there stable libraries for interacting with MySQL/Redis/Postgres asynchronously? If you want an ORM the thing you want to look at is diesel. I'm not sure if it's async or not. > Is there good IDE support, for example in Atom? rust language server (RLS) has plugins for most editors. I think the best experience for developing rust right now is in VScode or vim, IMO. |
> > If you want an ORM the thing you want to look at is diesel. I'm not sure if it's async or not.
Diesel isn't async yet, but interfacing with it in async frameworks such as actix seems to be pretty straightforward: https://actix.rs/docs/databases/