Askless: A coherent Node.js Backend for Flutter

A framework to build websocket servers for Flutter Apps that lets you update your widgets in realtime by streaming data changes with WebSockets. Create your Flutter App without Firebase, with PostgreSQL, MySQL, or any database you want, and handle WebSocket authentication

This is the server side in Node.js, click here to access the Askless Flutter Client

Built with Askless

Check the example of a Flutter Chat App with Node.js, WebSockets and MySQL.

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Important links

• Askless Backend in Node.js the backend side of this Flutter client
• Documentation
• Askless Flutter Client

Examples

• ^{Level: 🔴 ⚪ ⚪ ⚪ ⚪} Flutter Random Numbers Example: Random numbers are generated on the server.
• ^{Level: 🔴 🔴 ⚪ ⚪ ⚪} Flutter Simple Chat Example: Simple chat between the colors blue and green.
• ^{Level: 🔴 🔴 🔴 ⚪ ⚪} Flutter Catalog Example: Users adding and removing products from a catalog.
• ^{Level: 🔴 🔴 🔴 🔴 🔴} Flutter Chat App with MySQL or PostgreSQL : A Flutter Chat App with MySQL, WebSockets, and Node.js

Getting Started

1 - Install Askless

npm install --save askless 

2 - Import the package

import { AsklessServer } from "askless";

3 - Create and init the server

const server = new AsklessServer();

server.init({
    wsOptions: { port : 3000 }
});

4 - Check the documentation and create your server first App with Askless, you can also check the examples.

5 - Start the server

server.start();

6 - Discover your server url on your local network:

console.log(server.localUrl) 

Run the server, it will print something like: ws://192.168.?.?:3000

Issues

Feel free to open an issue about:

• ❔ questions

• 💡 suggestions

• 📄 documentation improvements

• 🐜 potential bugs

License

MIT