Installation & Setup

• Getting Started

  • Installation

    • Prerequisites

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Getting Started

Let's get it started, ha!

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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