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Angel3 Framework
A polished, production-ready backend framework in Dart with NNBD support.
About
Angel3 is a fork of the original Angel framework to support NNBD in Dart SDK 2.12.x and above. It is a full-stack Web framework in Dart that aims to streamline development by providing many common features out-of-the-box in a consistent manner. One of the main goal is to enable developers to build both frontend and backend in the same language, Dart. Angel3 framework is designed as a collection of plugins that enable developers to pick and choose the parts needed for their projects. A series of starter templates are also provided for quick start and trial run with Angel3 framework.
The availabe features in Angel3 are:
- Static File Handling
- Basic Authentication
- PostgreSQL ORM
- GraphQL
- And much more...
See all the available packages
for more information.
Important Notes
The migration of Angel Framework to Angel3 Framework is still ongoing. About 65 out of 70++ packages have been migrated and tested to be stable and working as expected. Angel3 framework need more testing to get it to production quality. Hence, the Angel3 stable packages have been published with prefix angel3_
on pub.dev
for developers to try out.
In order to acknowledge contributions, AUTHORS.md has been added to every Angel3 packages. This way no matter what the contributions are, be it code review, testing or submit PR, can all be recorded in this file. If you are the original author of the Angel packages, feel free to send a PR to update that file.
Branch: master
- Stable version of
angel3
branch
Branch: angel3 (Active development)
- Dart version : 2.12.x and above. Use sdk: ">=2.12.0 <3.0.0" in pubspec.yml
- Publish : Yes. See all packages with
angel3_
prefix on pub.dev. - NNDB Support : Yes
- Status : Beta
- Notes : Basic, ORM and GraphQL templates are working. Not all packages are fully tested.
Branch: sdk-2.12.x-nnbd (Active development)
- Dart version : 2.12.x and above. Use sdk: ">=2.12.0 <3.0.0" in pubspec.yml
- Publish : No (For NNBD migration use only)
- NNDB Support : Yes
- Status : Beta
- Notes : Basic and ORM templates are working. Not all packages are fully tested.
For more details, checkout Project Status
Installation and Setup
- Download and install Dart
- Download one of the following starter projects:
- Next, check out the detailed documentation to learn to flesh out your project. For the current release of Angel3, the existing documents and tutorials for Angel are still relevant and works. In the future, these resources will be migrated and updated accordingly.
Installation with Angel3 CLI
Note: Still work in progress.
Install the Angel3 CLI:
pub global activate angel3_cli
Bootstrap a project:
angel3 init hello
You can even have your server run and be hot-reloaded on file changes:
dart --observe bin/dev.dart
Migrating to Angel3
Check out Migrating to Angel3
Examples and Documentation
Visit the documentation for dozens of guides and resources, including video tutorials, to get up and running as quickly as possible with Angel.
Examples and complete projects can be found here.
You can also view the Angel3 API.
There is also an Awesome Angel 🔥 list.
Contributing
Interested in contributing to Angel3? Start by reading the contribution guide here.