The Future of Rust Web Applications

Web development has coalesced around a handful of JavaScript frameworks that make it possible to render an application to HTML on the server, then convert it into an interactive app in the browser.

But JavaScript is not the only way to run interactive code in the browser. The last few years have seen the rise of a small number of Rust web frameworks that are near feature parity with their JS equivalents, allowing users to write entire applications without leaving Rust. In some areas, Rust frameworks perform identically with their JS cousins. In others, like server performance, they have always excelled. Some features like bundle splitting and lazy loading have been missing from the Rust picture for years—but are now on the verge of complete implementations

This talk will consider the cutting edge of frontend web framework development, in JavaScript and in Rust. Focusing especially on the work done in building recent versions of Leptos and Dioxus, we'll consider: Is there a realistic future for web applications written end to end in Rust?

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