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# The Rocket Programming Guide
Welcome to Rocket!
This is the official guide for Rocket v0.5. It is designed to serve as a
starting point to writing web applications with Rocket and Rust. The guide is
also designed to be a reference for experienced Rocket developers. This guide is
conversational in tone. For purely technical documentation with examples, see
the [API documentation](@api).
The guide is split into several sections, each with a focus on a different
aspect of Rocket. The sections are:
- **[Introduction](introduction/):** introduces Rocket and its philosophy.
- **[Quickstart](quickstart/):** presents the minimal steps necessary to
run your first Rocket application.
- **[Upgrading from v0.4](upgrading-from-0.4/):** a migration guide from v0.4
to v0.5.
- **[Getting Started](getting-started/):** a gentle introduction to getting
your first Rocket application running.
- **[Overview](overview/):** describes the core concepts of Rocket.
- **[Requests](requests/):** discusses handling requests: control-flow,
parsing, and validating.
- **[Responses](responses/):** discusses generating responses.
- **[State](state/):** how to manage state in a Rocket application.
- **[Fairings](fairings/):** provides an overview of Rocket's structured
middleware.
- **[Testing](testing/):** how to unit and integration test a Rocket
application.
- **[Configuration](configuration/):** how to configure a Rocket application.
- **[Pastebin](pastebin/):** a tutorial on how to create a pastebin with
Rocket.
- **[Conclusion](conclusion/):** concludes the guide and discusses next steps
for learning.
- **[FAQ](faq/):** answers to frequently asked questions about Rocket and
using it.
## Getting Help
The official community support channels are [`#rocket:mozilla.org`] on Matrix
and the bridged [`#rocket`] IRC channel on Libera.Chat at `irc.libera.chat`. We
recommend joining us on [Matrix via Element]. If you prefer IRC, you can join
via the [Kiwi IRC client] or a client of your own. The [FAQ](../faq/) also
provides answers to commonly asked questions.
[`#rocket:mozilla.org`]: https://chat.mozilla.org/#/room/#rocket:mozilla.org
[`#rocket`]: https://kiwiirc.com/client/irc.libera.chat/#rocket
[Matrix via Element]: https://chat.mozilla.org/#/room/#rocket:mozilla.org
[Kiwi IRC Client]: https://kiwiirc.com/client/irc.libera.chat/#rocket