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@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Picking Rust and Rocket
As I am not much of a UI person, the website update was put on the back burner for sometime. The old site was "good
enough." I originally considered doing it in Python and using Django. But that fails the criteria of being easily
deployable. In early 2020, I began learning Rust out of curiosity and the need to use it for research.
I decided to tackle the website backend in Rust as a learning exercise. I then went with the Rocket framework. It
I decided to tackle the website backend in Rust as a learning exercise. I went with the Rocket framework. It
seemed to suit my needs and supported Tera templates. Tera templates are very similar to Django's templates that I
had already had experience in.
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Improving Aesthetics
--------------------
Like stated early, I am no UI designer. The terminal style meant I could put very little effort into the design of the
actual website. Somehow on version one, I still managed to mess that up. This was mainly due to hacking together
bootstrap to give me something that looked like a terminal. This time, I dumped Bootstrap and wrote my own CSS. I should
have done that the first place as it was easy to do and produced a far better result. This also by side effect improved
on the site looked on mobile.
Like stated earlier, I am no UI designer. The terminal style meant I could put very little effort into the design of the
actual website. Somehow in version one, I still managed to mess that up. This was mainly due to hacking together
bootstrap to give me something that looked like a terminal. This time, I dumped Bootstrap and wrote my own CSS. I should
have done that the first place as it was easy to do and produced a far better result. This also has the side effect of
improving how the site looked on mobile.
Future Improvements
-------------------
As I continue to learn Rust, I plan to implement more features of RST into the raw file displays. For example, doing
links. I want to strike a balance between the aesthetic of a terminal and usefulness. Being able to embedded images
would be nice.
As I continue to learn Rust, I plan to implement more features of RST into the raw file displays. Having clickable
links or embedding images. I want to strike a balance between the aesthetic of a terminal and ease of use of a website.