Rust REST API Testing with Axum and SQLx: Fixtures, Databases, and HTTP Assertions

A practical two-hour session on Rust REST API Testing with Axum and SQLx, focused on Fixtures, Databases, and HTTP Assertions. 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 REST API Testing with Axum and SQLx
• Apply Fixtures in a small working example
• Apply Databases in a small working example
• Apply and HTTP Assertions 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.