actix-web VS warp

Actix Web Documentation: Detailed documentation on using Actix-web, including examples and best practices for building web applications with Rust.

I can't speak to the "is it any good" part, but (after a bit of research) I can share what I've found. I'll try to represent things as best as I understand, but I may have some finer details mixed up.

ntex is written by the same person that started actix-web, Nikolay Kim (fafhrd91 on GitHub). There was a bunch of drama a while back due to actix-web using (what many reasoned to be) avoidable unsafe code, which was later found to be buggy. Nikolay was pilloried online, resulting in him transferring leadership of actix-web to someone else. ntex is, as I understand it, essentially Nikolay picking back up on his ideals for what could have been actix-web, if people hadn't pushed him out of his own project.

How ntex compares to the pre-/post-leadership change of actix-web, I don't know.

Here are some jumping points if you want more of the backstory.

https://www.theregister.com/2020/01/21/rust_actix_web_framew...

https://steveklabnik.com/writing/a-sad-day-for-rust

https://github.com/actix/actix-web/issues/1289

Are you ready to embark on another journey in Rust? Today, we'll explore how to create a REST API that performs basic mathematical operations: addition, multiplication, and division. We'll use Actix, a powerful web framework for Rust, together with Rhai, a lightweight scripting language, to achieve our goal.

Within actix-web, middleware is used as a medium for being able to add general functionality to a (set of) route(s) by taking the request before the handler function runs, carrying out some operations, running the actual handler function itself and then the middleware does additional processing (if required). By default, actix-web has several default middlewares that we can use, including logging, path normalisation, access external services and modifying application state (through the ServiceRequest type).

Rust is a popular system programming language, known for its robust memory safety features and exceptional performance. While Rust was originally a system programming language, its application has evolved. Now you can see Rust in different app platforms, mobile apps, and of course, in web apps — both in the frontend and backend, with frameworks like Rocket, Axum, and Actix making it even easier to build web applications with Rust.

actix to handle HTTP requests

I tried warp [0] and I am unimpressed so far. Pretty complex, limited documentation, buggy. The builder paradigm they used feels pretty constrained and, in my opinion, achieve the opposite of the simplicity it is supposed to bring. I was surprised it is so popular.

Maybe I need more time or a favorable comparison to another framework to appreciate it.

[0] https://github.com/seanmonstar/warp

Have you gone through the (examples)[https://github.com/seanmonstar/warp/blob/master/examples/]? There's actually a lot of explicit instructions here on how to use Warp, and all of them are very straightforward to read (e.g., (this example with route parameters and a POST'ed body)[https://github.com/seanmonstar/warp/blob/master/examples/body.rs])

There are numerous guides how to do custom error messages using the routes .recover() method (including the official one ), but it seems quite inflexible since I can't (seem to?) pass the actual error messages back to user.

$ brew install gabotechs/taps/dep-tree $ git clone https://github.com/seanmonstar/warp $ dep-tree render warp/src/lib.rs lib.rs◁─────────────┬────────────────────────────────┬──────┬┐ │ │ │ ││ ├▷filter/and.rs◁────────────────────────────┐ │ ││ ├▷│filter/map_err.rs◁───────────────────────┤ │ ││ ├▷││filter/or.rs◁───────────────────────────┤ │ ││ ├▷│││filters/mod.rs◁─────────────┬──────┬───────────────────┼┤ ├▷││││test.rs───────┘ │ │ │ │ ││ │ │││││ │ │ │ │ ││ │ │││├│▷filters/addr.rs │ │ │ │ ││ │ │││├│▷│filters/any.rs │ │ │ │ ││ │ │││├│▷││filters/body.rs │ │ │ │ ││ │ │││├│▷│││filters/compression.rs│ │ │ │ ││ │ │││├│▷││││filters/cookie.rs────┘ │ │ │ ││ │ │││├│▷│││││filters/cors.rs │ │ │ ││ │ │││├│▷││││││filters/ext.rs │ │ │ ││ │ │││├│▷│││││││filters/fs.rs │ │ │ ││ │ │││├│▷││││││││filters/header.rs │ │ │ ││ │ │││├│▷│││││││││filters/host.rs │ │ │ ││ │ │││├│▷││││││││││filters/log.rs │ │ │ ││ │ │││├│▷│││││││││││filters/method.rs │ │ │ ││ │ │││├│▷││││││││││││filters/multipart.rs│ │ │ ││ │ │││├│▷│││││││││││││filters/path.rs────┤ │ │ ││ │ │││├│▷││││││││││││││filters/query.rs │ │ │ ││ │ │││├│▷│││││││││││││││filters/reply.rs │ │ │ ││ │ │││├│▷││││││││││││││││filters/sse.rs──┘ │ │ ││ │ │││├│▷│││││││││││││││││filters/trace.rs │ │ ││ │ │││││ ││││││││││││││││││ │ │ ││ ├─────────────────────────▷filter/boxed.rs◁─┤ │ ││ ├─────────────────────────▷│filter/map.rs◁──┤ │ ││ ├─────────────────────────▷││filter/wrap.rs◁┼───────────────┼─┐ │ │││││ ││││││││││││││││││ │││ │ │ │││ ├─────────────────────────────▷filter/mod.rs◁──────┬┬┼───────┤│ │ │││││ ││││││││││││││││ ││ │ │││ │││ │ │││││ ││││││││││││││││ ││ ├▷filter/and_then.rs┤││ │││ │ │││││ ││││││││││││││││ ││ ├▷│filter/or_else.rs┘││ │││ │ │││││ ││││││││││││││││ ││ ├▷││filter/recover.rs┘│ │││ ├───────────────────────────────▷│││filter/service.rs◁──────┼─┤ │ │││││ ││││││││││││││││ ││ ├▷││││filter/then.rs──┤ │││ │ │││││ ││││││││││││││││ ││ ├▷│││││filter/unify.rs┘ │││ │ │││││ ││││││││││││││││ ││ ├▷││││││filter/untuple_one.rs┤││ │ │││││ ││││││││││││││││ ││ │ │││││││ │││ ├───────────────────────────────────────▷reply.rs◁───┬──────────┐ ├───────────────────────────────────────▷│route.rs───│──────┤││ │ │ │││││ ││││││││││││││││ ││ │ │││││││ │ │ │││ │ ├──────────────────────────────────────────▷server.rs◁────────┤ │ │ │││││ ││││││││││││││││ ││ │ │││││││ │ │ │ │││ │ ├────────────────────────────────────────────▷tls.rs─┴──────┘││ │ │ │││││ ││││││││││││││││ ││ │ │││││││ │ │ │ ││ │ ├──────────────────────────────────────────────▷filters/ws.rs◁│ │ ├──────────────────────────────────────────────▷│transport.rs││ │ │ │││ │ ││││││││││││││││ ││ │ │││││││ │ │ │ │ ││ │ ├─────────────────────────────────────────────────▷generic.rs││ │ ├─────────────────────────────────────────────────▷reject.rs─┴┘ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├───────────────────────────────────────────────────▷error.rs │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────▷redirect.rs┘

What I see on the examples for the warp crate is that the examples do this:

You might want to consider using Alacritty instead of Warp. Warp is VC-funded, macOS only, closed source, and it phones home. They also kinda stole the name of a web framework.

warp server,

Hello, I'd need some help with warp routes since I'm not familiar with the framework. If somebody knows how to do this I'd appreciate very much.

If one were to undertake a project of developing something like this, which is the best web framework for it. I did some cursory research and discovered these back-end frameworks - actix, axum, poem, salvo, warp, gotham and rocket.

We've added support for the warp, salvo & thruster frameworks