Rust and Tauri Training Overview
This Rust training course teaches attendees how to build desktop applications using Rust and Tauri to create UI elements such as windows, menus, and tray icons. Participants learn how to create dialogs, notifications, file system dialogs, and more.
Note: This course can be taught with Leptos, React, Angular, Svelte, or Solid.js.
Location and Pricing
Accelebrate offers instructor-led enterprise training for groups of 3 or more online or at your site. Most Accelebrate classes can be flexibly scheduled for your group, including delivery in half-day segments across a week or set of weeks. To receive a customized proposal and price quote for private corporate training on-site or online, please contact us.
In addition, some courses are available as live, instructor-led training from one of our partners.
Objectives
- Use modern approaches to desktop app development
- Explore how to create desktop apps with Rust and a web browser
- Create a new desktop app using Tauri and a browser-based frontend
- Integrate popular JS frameworks or Rust WASM frameworks with Tauri
- Create UI elements such as windows, menus, and tray icons
- Connect a Tauri app to a database (PostgreSQL or SQL Server)
- Connect a Tauri app to a REST API
- Publish and distribute a Tauri app
Prerequisites
This course assumes prior experience with Rust, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.
Outline
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Introduction
Desktop Apps with Tauri
- What is Tauri?
- How does it compare to Electron, Qt, and WinForms?
Getting Started
- Create a Tauri Project
- Integrate with JavaScript or Rust-based browser UI framework
- Run and Debug Tauri Applications
Call Backend Rust Code from the Front-End
- Define Rust Backend Functions
- Call Rust Backend Functions
- Pass Arguments to Rust Backend Functions
- Return Data from Rust Backend Functions
- Handle Errors from Rust Backend Functions
- Asynchronous Rust Backend Functions
Interact with App Parts from the Rust Backend
- Window
- AppHandle
- Managed State
- Multiple Commands
UI Elements
- Window
- Menu
- Tray Icon
- Splash Screen
- Dialog
- Notification
Interacting with the Operating System
- Create a File System Dialog
- Create a File System Watcher
Database Programming
- What is a Database?
- Connect to Postgresql
- Query data from the database
- Modify data in the database
- Connect Tauri to a Database
Deployment
- Create Platform Specific Installers
- Cross-Platform Compilation with CI/CD
- Signing the Application
Conclusion
Training Materials
All Rust training students receive comprehensive courseware covering all topics in the course. Courseware is distributed via GitHub through documentation and extensive code samples.
Software Requirements
Students will need a free, personal GitHub account to access the courseware. Students need permission to install Rust and Visual Studio Code on their computers. Also, students will need permission to install Rust Crates and Visual Studio Extensions. Students will need a local instance of Postgresql or SQL Server installed on their computer (using Docker is acceptable). If students cannot configure a local development environment on their machines, a cloud-based environment can be provided.
