diff --git a/content/docs/whatis.md b/content/docs/whatis.md index b911bb2..49b0865 100644 --- a/content/docs/whatis.md +++ b/content/docs/whatis.md @@ -6,16 +6,16 @@ weight: 100 # Actix is an Ecosystem of Crates -Long ago, `actix-web` was built on top of `actix`, a powerful and fast actor system. Now, `actix-web` is largely unrelated to the actor framework and is built using a different system. Though `actix` is still maintained, its usefulness as a general tool is diminishing as the futures and async/await ecosystem matures. At this time, the use of `actix` is only required for WebSocket endpoints. +Long ago, Actix Web was built on top of the `actix` actor framework. Now, Actix Web is largely unrelated to the actor framework and is built using a different system. Though `actix` is still maintained, its usefulness as a general tool is diminishing as the futures and async/await ecosystem matures. At this time, the use of `actix` is only required for WebSocket endpoints. -We call `actix-web` a powerful and pragmatic framework. For all intents and purposes it's a micro-framework with a few twists. If you are already a Rust programmer you will probably find yourself at home quickly, but even if you are coming from another programming language you should find `actix-web` easy to pick up. +We call Actix Web a powerful and pragmatic framework. For all intents and purposes it's a micro-framework with a few twists. If you are already a Rust programmer you will probably find yourself at home quickly, but even if you are coming from another programming language you should find Actix Web easy to pick up. -An application developed with `actix-web` will expose an HTTP server contained within a native executable. You can either put this behind another HTTP server like nginx or serve it up as-is. Even in the complete absence of another HTTP server `actix-web` is powerful enough to provide HTTP/1 and HTTP/2 support as well as TLS (HTTPS). This makes it useful for building small services ready for production. +An application developed with Actix Web will expose an HTTP server contained within a native executable. You can either put this behind another HTTP server like nginx or serve it up as-is. Even in the complete absence of another HTTP server Actix Web is powerful enough to provide HTTP/1 and HTTP/2 support as well as TLS (HTTPS). This makes it useful for building small services ready for production. -Most importantly: `actix-web` runs on Rust {{< rust-version "actix-web" >}} or later and it works with stable releases. +Most importantly: Actix Web runs on Rust {{< rust-version "actix-web" >}} or later and it works with stable releases.