Problem Statement

Build an API (via HTTP) for a StackOverflow-like app.

Build two primary features in StackOverflow:

Question creation, retrieval & deletion Answer creation, retrieval & deletion

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Objective

• Designing & building APIs
• Using a backend framework (Axum)
• Designing SQL models
• Hands-on usage of Postgres
• Writing testable code
• Organizing code using modules
• Navigating and contributing to an existing code base

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CRUD & DAO

CRUD stands for actions of creation, read, update & deletion. DAO stands for data access object and is an interface in the application to perform these actions against the database.