diff --git a/lang-trials/rust/.gitignore b/lang-trials/rust/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1d4e644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang-trials/rust/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+target/*
+dist/*
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lang-trials/rust/Cargo.toml b/lang-trials/rust/Cargo.toml
index 01c0b86..278a7c3 100644
--- a/lang-trials/rust/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lang-trials/rust/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,19 +1,15 @@
 [package]
-name = "engine"
+name = "sycamore-trial"
 version = "0.1.0"
 authors = ["Aaron"]
 edition = "2021"
 
-[lib]
-crate-type = ["cdylib", "rlib"]
-
 [features]
 default = ["console_error_panic_hook"]
 
 [dependencies]
 nalgebra = "0.33.0"
-js-sys = "0.3.69"
-wasm-bindgen = "0.2.84"
+sycamore = "0.9.0-beta.2"
 
 # The `console_error_panic_hook` crate provides better debugging of panics by
 # logging them with `console.error`. This is great for development, but requires
@@ -21,6 +17,13 @@ wasm-bindgen = "0.2.84"
 # code size when deploying.
 console_error_panic_hook = { version = "0.1.7", optional = true }
 
+[dependencies.web-sys]
+version = "0.3.69"
+features = [
+  'CanvasRenderingContext2d',
+  'HtmlCanvasElement',
+]
+
 [dev-dependencies]
 wasm-bindgen-test = "0.3.34"
 
diff --git a/lang-trials/rust/Makefile b/lang-trials/rust/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index b94935b..0000000
--- a/lang-trials/rust/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-app.js: app.civet pkg/engine_bg.wasm
-	civet --typecheck app.civet
-	civet --js -c app.civet -o .js
-
-pkg/engine_bg.wasm: src/lib.rs
-	wasm-pack build --target web
diff --git a/lang-trials/rust/app.civet b/lang-trials/rust/app.civet
deleted file mode 100644
index ab35044..0000000
--- a/lang-trials/rust/app.civet
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,113 +0,0 @@
-// engine functions
-{default: init, Circle, circThru} from "./pkg/engine.js"
-
-// === elements and state ===
-
-// input
-dataInputs .= new Array<HTMLInputElement>(6)
-data .= new Float64Array(6)
-
-// output and display
-let circ: Circle | null
-let display: HTMLCanvasElement
-let ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D
-
-// === display ===
-
-// display style
-const rView = 5
-const highlightStyle = "#fcfcfc"
-const gridStyle = "#404040"
-const dataFillStyles = ["#ba5d09", "#0e8a06", "#8951fb"]
-const dataStrokeStyles = ["#f89142", "#58c145", "#c396fc"]
-
-function render: void
-  // update resolution
-  res .= display.width / (2*rView)
-  
-  // set transformation
-  ctx.setTransform 1, 0, 0, -1, 0.5*display.width, 0.5*display.height
-  
-  // clear previous frame
-  ctx.clearRect -0.5*display.width, -0.5*display.height, display.width, display.height
-  
-  // draw grid
-  gridRange .= [Math.ceil(-rView + 0.01) .. Math.floor(rView - 0.01)]
-  edgeScr .= res*rView
-  ctx.strokeStyle = gridStyle
-  for t of gridRange
-    tScr .= res*t
-    
-    // draw horizontal grid line
-    ctx.beginPath()
-    ctx.moveTo -edgeScr, tScr
-    ctx.lineTo edgeScr, tScr
-    ctx.stroke()
-    
-    // draw vertical grid line
-    ctx.beginPath()
-    ctx.moveTo tScr, -edgeScr
-    ctx.lineTo tScr, edgeScr
-    ctx.stroke()
-  
-  // draw circle
-  if circ
-    ctx.beginPath()
-    ctx.strokeStyle = highlightStyle
-    ctx.arc res*circ.center_x, res*circ.center_y, res*circ.radius, 0, 2*Math.PI
-    ctx.stroke()
-  
-  // draw data points
-  for n of [0..2]
-    const ind_x = 2*n
-    const ind_y = ind_x + 1
-    if dataInputs[ind_x].validity.valid and dataInputs[ind_y].validity.valid
-      ctx.beginPath()
-      ctx.fillStyle = dataFillStyles[n]
-      ctx.strokeStyle = dataStrokeStyles[n]
-      ctx.arc res*data[ind_x], res*data[ind_y], 3, 0, 2*Math.PI
-      ctx.fill()
-      ctx.stroke()
-
-// === interaction ===
-
-// --- inputs ---
-
-function inputData: void
-  allDataValid .= true
-  for n of [0 .. dataInputs.length-1]
-    if dataInputs[n].validity.valid
-      data[n] = dataInputs[n].valueAsNumber
-    else
-      allDataValid = false
-  
-  if allDataValid
-    try
-      circ = circThru data
-    catch ex
-      circ = null
-      console.error ex
-  else
-    circ = null
-  
-  // update the display
-  requestAnimationFrame(render)
-
-// --- binding ---
-
-function bindDoc: Promise<void>
-  // wait for the engine to load
-  await init()
-  
-  // set up the data inputs
-  for n of [0..5]
-    dataInputs[n] = document.querySelector(`#data-input-${n}`) as HTMLInputElement
-    dataInputs[n].addEventListener "input", inputData
-    dataInputs[n].style.borderColor = dataFillStyles[Math.floor(0.5*n)]
-  
-  // initialize the display
-  display = document.querySelector("#display") as HTMLCanvasElement
-  ctx = display.getContext("2d") as CanvasRenderingContext2D
-  inputData()
-
-document.addEventListener "DOMContentLoaded", bindDoc
diff --git a/lang-trials/rust/index.html b/lang-trials/rust/index.html
index 34e6d97..04a39a0 100644
--- a/lang-trials/rust/index.html
+++ b/lang-trials/rust/index.html
@@ -2,20 +2,7 @@
 <html>
   <head>
     <title>Lattice circle</title>
-    <script type="module" src="app.js"></script>
-    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="app.css"/>
+    <link data-trunk rel="css" href="main.css"/>
   </head>
-  <body>
-    <canvas id="display" width=600, height=600></canvas>
-    <div id="data-panel">
-      <div>x</div>
-      <div>y</div>
-      <input type="number" id="data-input-0" value="-1"/>
-      <input type="number" id="data-input-1" value="0"/>
-      <input type="number" id="data-input-2" value="0"/>
-      <input type="number" id="data-input-3" value="-1"/>
-      <input type="number" id="data-input-4" value="1"/>
-      <input type="number" id="data-input-5" value="0"/>
-    </div>
-  </body>
+  <body></body>
 </html>
diff --git a/lang-trials/rust/app.css b/lang-trials/rust/main.css
similarity index 80%
rename from lang-trials/rust/app.css
rename to lang-trials/rust/main.css
index 5486be3..7045d73 100644
--- a/lang-trials/rust/app.css
+++ b/lang-trials/rust/main.css
@@ -13,6 +13,18 @@ input {
   border-radius: 4px;
 }
 
+input.point-1 {
+  border-color: #ba5d09;
+}
+
+input.point-2 {
+  border-color: #0e8a06;
+}
+
+input.point-3 {
+  border-color: #8951fb;
+}
+
 #data-panel {
   float: left;
   margin-left: 20px;
diff --git a/lang-trials/rust/src/lib.rs b/lang-trials/rust/src/lib.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 22c20bc..0000000
--- a/lang-trials/rust/src/lib.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-mod utils;
-
-extern crate js_sys;
-
-use nalgebra::*;
-use wasm_bindgen::prelude::*;
-
-#[wasm_bindgen]
-pub struct Circle {
-    pub center_x: f64,
-    pub center_y: f64,
-    pub radius: f64,
-}
-
-// construct the circle through
-//
-//   (x1, y1), (x2, y2), (x3, y3)
-//
-// from the array
-//
-//   [x1, y1, x2, y2, x3, y3]
-//
-#[wasm_bindgen]
-pub fn circThru(data_raw: js_sys::Float64Array) -> Result<Circle, JsValue> {
-    // represent the given points as the columns of a matrix
-    let data = Matrix2x3::from_vec(data_raw.to_vec());
-    
-    // build the matrix that maps the circle's coefficient vector to the
-    // negative of the linear part of the circle's equation, evaluated at the
-    // given points
-    let neg_lin_part = stack![2.0*data.transpose(), Vector3::repeat(1.0)];
-    
-    // find the quadrdatic part of the circle's equation, evaluated at the given
-    // points
-    let quad_part = Vector3::from_iterator(
-        data.column_iter().map(|v| v.dot(&v))
-    );
-    
-    // find the circle's coefficient vector, and from there its center and
-    // radius
-    match neg_lin_part.lu().solve(&quad_part) {
-        None => Err(JsValue::from("Couldn't solve system")),
-        Some(coeffs) => {
-            let center_x = coeffs[0];
-            let center_y = coeffs[1];
-            Ok(Circle {
-                center_x: center_x,
-                center_y: center_y,
-                radius: (
-                    coeffs[2] + center_x*center_x + center_y*center_y
-                ).sqrt(),
-            })
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/lang-trials/rust/src/main.rs b/lang-trials/rust/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f6b97c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang-trials/rust/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,153 @@
+use nalgebra::*;
+use std::f64::consts::PI as PI;
+use sycamore::{prelude::*, rt::{JsCast, JsValue}};
+
+// --- interface ---
+
+fn main() {
+  // set up a config option that forwards panic messages to `console.error`
+  #[cfg(feature = "console_error_panic_hook")]
+  console_error_panic_hook::set_once();
+  
+  sycamore::render(|| {
+    let data = [-1.0, 0.0, 0.0, -1.0, 1.0, 0.0].map(|n| create_signal(n));
+    let display = create_node_ref();
+    
+    on_mount(move || {
+      let canvas = display
+        .get::<DomNode>()
+        .unchecked_into::<web_sys::HtmlCanvasElement>();
+      let ctx = canvas
+        .get_context("2d")
+        .unwrap()
+        .unwrap()
+        .dyn_into::<web_sys::CanvasRenderingContext2d>()
+        .unwrap();
+      
+      create_effect(move || {
+        // center and normalize the coordinate system
+        let width = canvas.width() as f64;
+        let height = canvas.height() as f64;
+        ctx.set_transform(1.0, 0.0, 0.0, -1.0, 0.5*width, 0.5*height).unwrap();
+        
+        // clear the previous frame
+        ctx.clear_rect(-0.5*width, -0.5*width, width, height);
+        
+        // find the resolution
+        const R_DISP: f64 = 5.0;
+        let res = width / (2.0*R_DISP);
+        
+        // set colors
+        let highlight_style = JsValue::from("white");
+        let grid_style = JsValue::from("#404040");
+        let point_fill_styles = ["#ba5d09", "#0e8a06", "#8951fb"];
+        let point_stroke_styles = ["#f89142", "#58c145", "#c396fc"];
+        
+        // draw the grid
+        let r_grid = (R_DISP - 0.01).floor() as i32;
+        let edge_scr = res * R_DISP;
+        ctx.set_stroke_style(&grid_style);
+        for t in -r_grid ..= r_grid {
+          let t_scr = res * (t as f64);
+          
+          // draw horizontal grid line
+          ctx.begin_path();
+          ctx.move_to(-edge_scr, t_scr);
+          ctx.line_to(edge_scr, t_scr);
+          ctx.stroke();
+          
+          // draw vertical grid line
+          ctx.begin_path();
+          ctx.move_to(t_scr, -edge_scr);
+          ctx.line_to(t_scr, edge_scr);
+          ctx.stroke();
+        }
+        
+        // find and draw the circle through the given points
+        let data_vals = data.map(|sig| sig.get()).to_vec();
+        let points = Matrix2x3::from_vec(data_vals);
+        if let Some(circ) = circ_thru(points) {
+          ctx.begin_path();
+          ctx.set_stroke_style(&highlight_style);
+          ctx.arc(
+            res * circ.center_x,
+            res * circ.center_y,
+            res * circ.radius,
+            0.0, 2.0*PI
+          ).unwrap();
+          ctx.stroke();
+        }
+        
+        // draw the data points
+        for n in 0..3 {
+          ctx.begin_path();
+          ctx.set_fill_style(&JsValue::from(point_fill_styles[n]));
+          ctx.set_stroke_style(&JsValue::from(point_stroke_styles[n]));
+          let ind_x = 2*n;
+          let ind_y = ind_x + 1;
+          ctx.arc(
+            res * data[ind_x].get(),
+            res * data[ind_y].get(),
+            3.0,
+            0.0, 2.0*PI
+          ).unwrap();
+          ctx.fill();
+          ctx.stroke();
+        }
+      });
+    });
+    
+    view! {
+      canvas(ref=display, width="600", height="600")
+      div(id="data-panel") {
+        div { "x" }
+        div { "y" }
+        input(type="number", class="point-1", bind:valueAsNumber=data[0])
+        input(type="number", class="point-1", bind:valueAsNumber=data[1])
+        input(type="number", class="point-2", bind:valueAsNumber=data[2])
+        input(type="number", class="point-2", bind:valueAsNumber=data[3])
+        input(type="number", class="point-3", bind:valueAsNumber=data[4])
+        input(type="number", class="point-3", bind:valueAsNumber=data[5])
+      }
+    }
+  });
+}
+
+// --- engine ---
+
+struct Circle {
+  center_x: f64,
+  center_y: f64,
+  radius: f64,
+}
+
+// construct the circle through the points given by the columns of `points`
+fn circ_thru(points: Matrix2x3<f64>) -> Option<Circle> {
+    // build the matrix that maps the circle's coefficient vector to the
+    // negative of the linear part of the circle's equation, evaluated at the
+    // given points
+    let neg_lin_part = stack![2.0*points.transpose(), Vector3::repeat(1.0)];
+    
+    // find the quadrdatic part of the circle's equation, evaluated at the given
+    // points
+    let quad_part = Vector3::from_iterator(
+      points.column_iter().map(|v| v.dot(&v))
+    );
+    
+    // find the circle's coefficient vector, and from there its center and
+    // radius
+    match neg_lin_part.lu().solve(&quad_part) {
+        None => None,
+        Some(coeffs) => {
+            let center_x = coeffs[0];
+            let center_y = coeffs[1];
+            Some(Circle {
+                center_x: center_x,
+                center_y: center_y,
+                radius: (
+                    coeffs[2] + center_x*center_x + center_y*center_y
+                ).sqrt(),
+            })
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lang-trials/rust/src/utils.rs b/lang-trials/rust/src/utils.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index b1d7929..0000000
--- a/lang-trials/rust/src/utils.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-pub fn set_panic_hook() {
-    // When the `console_error_panic_hook` feature is enabled, we can call the
-    // `set_panic_hook` function at least once during initialization, and then
-    // we will get better error messages if our code ever panics.
-    //
-    // For more details see
-    // https://github.com/rustwasm/console_error_panic_hook#readme
-    #[cfg(feature = "console_error_panic_hook")]
-    console_error_panic_hook::set_once();
-}
diff --git a/lang-trials/rust/tsconfig.json b/lang-trials/rust/tsconfig.json
deleted file mode 100644
index a6c05ac..0000000
--- a/lang-trials/rust/tsconfig.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "compilerOptions": {
-    "strict": true,
-    "jsx": "preserve",
-    "lib": ["es2021", "dom"],
-    "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,
-    "esModuleInterop": true
-  },
-  "ts-node": {
-    "transpileOnly": true,
-    "compilerOptions": {
-      "module": "ES2020"
-    }
-  }
-}