Rust JSON APIs with Serde: Schemas, Validation, and Compatibility

A practical two-hour session on Rust JSON APIs with Serde, focused on Schemas, Validation, and Compatibility. Rust is used as the implementation context while the core lesson stays on software engineering fundamentals, reliability, testing, and operational clarity.

Audience: entry-level and intermediate developers who want a practical engineering session, not a language tour.

Outcomes:

• Explain the practical boundaries of Rust JSON APIs with Serde
• Apply Schemas in a small working example
• Apply Validation in a small working example
• Apply and Compatibility in a small working example

Format: two hours with a short framing walkthrough, a concrete example, discussion of tradeoffs, and a closing checklist for practice.