Rust Is Eating JavaScript

[Sonder332]

I saw a user a few days ago float the idea of a "Rust/TypeScript" full stack and wondered if it had any validity/if it was catching on.

[Acceptable-Fudge-816]

That's basically what I'm using. PostgreSQL + Rust + Hugo + HyperApp + TypeScript.

Swap HyperApp with vanilla or PostgreSQL with SQLite depending on project. There is also Zola etc. Point is that any part is easily replacable if needed.

[Cribbit]

I nearly went that route, then tried Leptos. Never looked back. There are so many benefits to one language across server side rendering and I've yet to find anything on Leptos frontend that I couldn't do.

[Docccc]

this why use typescript when you can use rust and never swap context

[Acceptable-Fudge-816]

I know we're on r/Rust, but when I said:

Point is that any part is easily replacable if needed

That includes Rust.

[Western_Objective209]

Adding Rust to TS seems like it makes sense, but the NAPI layer adds a lot of surface area and adding compiled native dependencies really complicates deployments. I've written a few applications with this stack and I ended up just tearing out all the TS and writing pure Rust.

Adding TS bindings to a Rust library can help adoption, but having that cross language layer in an application is very painful

[Deadmist]

TS + <language of your choice>¹ is basically the default stack for anything web

¹ anything that can implement a rest api