Dart Server Framework Alfred with Ryan Knell

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