This project contains a simple convex-chat backend implementation in convex/,
as well as a Rust command line program in src/ that can either watch the chat
channel or send a message.
First, set up the Convex project and run the Convex client daemon:
npm i
npx convex dev
Then, grab your deployment URL out of .env.local.
Finally, run the rust app!
# In one terminal window, subscribe and watch the chat messages
$ cargo run -- $DEPLOYMENT_URL follow
# In another terminal window, send chat messages
$ cargo run -- $DEPLOYMENT_URL send my_name "Hi there!"
Convex is a hosted backend platform with a
built-in database that lets you write your
database schema and
server functions in
TypeScript. Server-side database
queries automatically
cache and
subscribe to data, powering a
realtime useQuery hook in our
React client. There are also
Python,
Rust,
ReactNative, and
Node clients, as well as a straightforward
HTTP API.
The database support NoSQL-style documents with relationships and custom indexes (including on fields in nested objects).
The
query and
mutation server functions have transactional,
low latency access to the database and leverage our
v8 runtime with
determinism guardrails
to provide the strongest ACID guarantees on the market:
immediate consistency,
serializable isolation, and
automatic conflict resolution via
optimistic multi-version concurrency control (OCC / MVCC).
The action server functions have
access to external APIs and enable other side-effects and non-determinism in
either our
optimized v8 runtime or a more
flexible node runtime.
Functions can run in the background via scheduling and cron jobs.
Development is cloud-first, with hot reloads for server function editing via the CLI. There is a dashbord UI to browse and edit data, edit environment variables, view logs, run server functions, and more.
There are built-in features for reactive pagination, file storage, reactive search, https endpoints (for webhooks), streaming import/export, and runtime data validation for function arguments and database data.
Everything scales automatically, and it’s free to start.