cargo new server

add dependencies to Cargo.toml

add Auto Reloading: cargo install systemfd cargo-watch

• add listenfd = "0.3" to dependencies

To start server: systemfd --no-pid -s h ttp::8080 -- cargo watch -x run

install ORM: cargo install diesel_cli --no-default-features --features postgres

Tell Diesel where DB is located in the .env file (not included in GitHub): DATABASE_URL=postgres://postgres:password@localhost/rest_api

use diesel setup in your terminal to creare a DB and to create a migrations folder in the server folder.

use diesel migration generate create_user in your terminal to create files for our user migration.

• Edit the up.sql and down.sql files located in the generated migrations folder.

Apply first migration using the diesel migration run command in your terminal.

• Creates a schema.rs file in the src folder.

Add CORS to API (so client can request data): actix-cors needs to be added to dependencies. change main.rs to match base example.