Creating a Very Fast Front End UI in Rust

Allen Wyma talks with Greg Johnston, creator of Leptos, a full-stack, web framework using a reactive design to build declaritive user interfaces.

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Timestamps

• [@00:00] - Introduction of Greg
• [@02:12] - Programming languages has Greg worked with
• [@05:14] - Greg’s other passions besides programming
• [@10:59] - How Elm has set the agenda for a lot of Javascript front-end frameworks
• [@13:25] - Elm vs Rust in terms of error handling
• [@18:16] - What is Leptos and why Greg created it
• [@33:44] - Pros of using Leptos
• [@38:19] - Leptos’ Server Side Rendering feature
• [@45:44] - Leptos’ build tool limitations
• [@51:40] - Leptos’ ability to interact with other languages
• [@59:25] - Greg’s work and projects using JavaScript
• [@1:00:45] - Greg’s Flutter experience
• [@1:04:21] - Greg’s Ionic experience
• [@1:08:28] - HTML
• [@1:12:46] - Leptos’ version
• [@1:14:14] - Leptos’ production readiness
• [@1:16:23] - Parting thoughts

Credits

Intro Theme: Aerocity

Audio Editing: Plangora

Hosting Infrastructure: Jon Gjengset

Show Notes: Plangora

Hosts: Allen Wyma