Installation & Setup
Getting Started
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Installation
Prerequisites
Firstly, ensure you have the Dart SDK installed.
Now, install the Angel CLI. The CLI includes several code generators and commands that will help you expedite your development cycle.
$ pub global activate angel_cli
Now, let's create a sample project, called hello
.
Run:
$ angel init hello
This will create a folder called hello
, and copy the Angel boilerplate into it. If you wanted to initialize a project within the current directory, instead of making new one, you could have run:
$ angel init
You'll notice that the following folder structure is there for you:
.idea/ - IntelliJ metadata.
.vscode/ - VSCode metadata.
bin/ - Contains a script to run the application.
config/ - Static configuration files.
lib/
src/
config/ - Attach miscellaneous plugins to your application.
plugins/ - Plugins you have written yourself.
models/ - In-code representations of the data your application manages.
routes/ - Routing config
controllers/ - Contains your controllers.
services/ - Contains RESTful services.
validators/ - Contains validators that can validate input on the client and server sides.
test/ - Test files for services and endpoints.
tool/ - Helper files for build/task tools, such as Grinder.
views/ - Mustache views.
web/ - Client-side code.
It's easy to run our server. Just type the following:
# Use the `--observe` flag to enable hot reloading in Angel.
dart --observe bin/server.dart
And there you have it - you've created an Angel application!
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