In this chapter, we'll take a look at developing command-line server-side apps. In particular, we'll learn the following topics:
How to process command-line arguments with the
argspackageWriting a small chat app with a WebSockets server in Dart
How to access filesystem with the
dart:iolibraryStoring data to the MySQL database with the
sqljockypackageWriting a small web server using the
routepackageHow to use Apache and nginx servers as reverse proxies for Dart HTTP servers
This chapter assumes that you already have at least basic experience with CLI scripts or Unix environments in general. If you're a Windows user, take a look at Cygwin (www.cygwin.com), which is a Unix-like environment for Windows, or ideally, install Ubuntu into a virtual machine. The Dart SDK is now available for Debian and Ubuntu Linux distributions, while Dart Editor is currently available only for Ubuntu Linux.
We'll set off with a few notes about Dart VM and then go to...