In this episode of the Flutter 101 Podcast, I talked to Ryan Knell. Ryan is the author of the performant, Express.js-like server framework Alfred written in Dart. We discussed how Ryan decided to write Alfred and his previous experience with alternative backend option for Dart, such as Aqueduct, Angel, and Shelf, and why he thinks Dart could be the Node.js "killer".

We talked about how you deploy Dart applications, how you can connect to different databases from your Dart backend server, and how Alfred supports websockets.

Of course, we also talked about Flutter and how it compares to other popular cross-platform solutions.

Alfred

  • pub.dev/packages/alfred
  • github.com/rknell/alfred
  • Announcing Alfred on Reddit
  • Resources

  • Relevant Flutter 101 episodes
  • Backend and Frontend Web with Dart with Jermaine Oppong (E7)
  • RVMS architecture, get_it, commands, and more with Thomas Burkhart (E3)
  • Dart on AWS Lambda and Serverless Computing with Sebastian Döll (E6)
  • Mentioned packages
  • mongo_dart
  • postgres
  • Alternative backend options
  • shelf - Web Server Middleware for Dart
  • shelf_router - Web Request Router for Shelf
  • Angel - Dart on the Server
  • Deprecating Angel
  • Aqueduct - Multi-threaded Dart Server-Side Framework
  • Announcing the Sunsetting of Aqueduct
  • Guest: Ryan Knell

  • GitHub @rknell
  • Linkedin @ryanknell
  • Snappy Apps
  • Host: Vince Varga

  • Twitter @vincevargadev
  • GitHub @vincevargadev
  • LinkedIn @vincevargadev
  • Web vincevarga.dev
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