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Dependency Injection Patterns in Angel 2
A first look at Angel 2’s revamped DI functionality. Along with the many new features coming in Angel 2, the dependency injection has been rethought from the ground up, saying goodbye to the mirrors-powered package:container, and instead rolling a new package:angel_container, which is type-safe, and aimed for Dart 2, as well as Flutter. As one…
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Angel 2.0.0 is Almost Here – What it Means for You
Version 2.0.0 of the batteries-included Web application framework for Dart is coming very soon. Here’s what you need to know. Since early 2016, I’ve been working on and maintaining Angel, a server-side Dart Web framework designed to increase developer productivity by providing “all batteries included” out-of-the-box, and putting an emphasis on customizability and configurability. Like…
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GraphQL is coming to Angel (and Dart)
What could be a "killer feature" for the Angel framework, is coming very soon. As my close friends will surely tell you, I have a habit of taking on multiple projects at a time, getting so excited to be trying something new, that I leave other projects in the dust. Thus, my previous effort to…
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The Story of my Migration to Dart 2
The latest version of Dart promises improved type safety and better client-side support. What else will it bring? I am a power user of Google’s Dart programming language. I’ve always been a fan of the tooling and libraries, and since my first exposure to Dart almost three years ago, have published over 140 packages into…
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Developing RESTful APIs with Angel
It’s faster and easier than ever to build fast, secure API’s with Angel. This post is, more or less, a response to Prosper Otemuyiwa’s recent post about Lumen. View the source code for this example here. Contents Get Started Creating a Service Validation Ensuring Unique Emails Preventing Unauthorized API Access Authentication Authorization Conclusion Angel is…
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Scalable Session Synchronization in Dart
Share state within instances, at any scale. Identifying Users The Store Mutual Exclusion Putting it all Together Going Further Conclusion While Dart provides excellent HTTP functionality out-of-the-box, some of its features, namely sessions, are not scalable without further configuration. HTTP is defined as a stateless protocol, but sessions allow servers to manage state, with each…