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Iced.rs tutorial: How to build a simple Rust frontend web app

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Mario Zupan
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In the tutorial, the focus shifts from the previously web-centric approach to creating native GUI applications using the Iced.rs library in Rust, contrasting it with the Yew framework that is dedicated to web apps. Iced.rs, inspired by Elm's architecture, supports building cross-platform applications, though its ecosystem is still developing and may present challenges for complex projects. The tutorial guides users in setting up a basic frontend application with Iced.rs, involving data fetching from JSONPlaceholder and rendering with custom widgets for posts and comments, while also introducing basic routing without URL management. Although Iced.rs lacks mature web routing libraries, the tutorial demonstrates how to implement a simple application, showing the potential and current limitations of Iced.rs for web applications.