Is There Room in the Ecosystem for Another Framework?

Allen Wyma talks with David Pedersen, Core Team Member at Tokio. Allen and David talk about Axum, a web application framework written in Rust.

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Timestamps

• [@0:40] - Introduction
• [@1:13] - Why Axum is developed under the Tokio project umbrella
• [@5:58] - What to expect from Axum
• [@8:14] - Axum additional features
• [@9:40] - Why Tokio decided to roll their own web framework
• [@13:04] - Understanding Axum vs other web frameworks
• [@22:16] - Testing, reviews, and feedback of the Axum framework
• [@23:46] - Axum’s production readiness
• [@28:57] - Semantic versioning
• [@31:59] - Understanding and learning lessons from other web frameworks to improve Axum
• [@34:47] - Production use cases that should use Axum
• [@35:54] - David’s Rust experience vs other web frameworks
• [@40:25] - Clippy
• [@41:41] - Upcoming changes and roadmap for Axum
• [@45:28] - Parting thoughts and how to reach out to David

Credits

Intro Theme: Aerocity

Audio Editing: Plangora

Hosting Infrastructure: Jon Gjengset

Show Notes: Plangora

Hosts: Allen Wyma