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Getting Started
Basic Routing
Dependency Injection Patterns
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Without the Boilerplate
Requests & Responses
Dependency Injection
Basic Routing
Request Lifecycle
Middleware
Controllers
Parsing Request Bodies
Using Plug-ins
Rendering Views
Service Basics
REST Client
Testing
Error Handling
Pattern Matching and Parameter
Command Line
Writing a Plugin
Example Projects
YouTube Tutorials
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Command Line
The Angel CLI is a friendly command line tool enabling quick scaffolding of common project constructs.
To install it:
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$ pub global activate angel_cli
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You'll then be able to run:
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$ angel --help
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The above will print documentation about each available command.

Scaffolding

New Projects

Bootstrapping a new Angel project, complete, CORS, hot-reloading, and more, is as easy as running:
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$ angel init <dirname>
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You'll be ready to go after this!

Project Files

Use angel make to scaffold common Dart files:
  • angel make service - Generate an in-memory, MongoDB, RethinkDB, file-based, or other service.
  • angel make test
  • angel make plugin
  • angel make model
  • angel make model --orm
  • angel make controller

Deployment helpers

  • sudo -E angel deploy nginx -o /etc/sites-available/my_app.conf
  • sudo -E angel deploy systemd -o /etc/systemd/system/my_app.service

Renaming the Project

To rename your project, and fix all references, run:
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$ angel rename <new-name>
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Scaffolding
New Projects
Project Files
Deployment helpers
Renaming the Project