Astra 🚀

🎉 1.0.0 Stable Release is here! Supports AOT native compilation and is completely database-agnostic.

Astra is a modern Dart Web framework inspired by FastAPI. It leverages Dart's AOT compilation performance and strong type system to provide excellent Developer Experience (DX).

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✨ Core Features

• Intuitive Routing: Define routes using annotations like @Get, @Post, similar to FastAPI/NestJS.
• Dependency Injection (DI): Built-in powerful DI container supporting Singleton and Request-scoped patterns, automatically injecting Controller constructor dependencies.
• Type-Safe Parameters: Automatically parses and converts @Path, @Query, @Body parameters.
• Smart Return Values: Return DTO objects or Future<T> directly; the framework handles JSON serialization automatically.
• Auto Documentation (OpenAPI): Out-of-the-box Swagger/OpenAPI support. Visit /docs to view beautiful API documentation (based on Redoc).
• Zero Runtime Reflection: Uses build_runner to generate code at compile time, fully supporting Dart AOT and Native deployment.
• Middleware Support: Compatible with the standard shelf middleware ecosystem.

📦 Installation

Add dependencies to pubspec.yaml:

dependencies:
  astra_dart: ^1.0.0
  shelf: ^1.4.0

dev_dependencies:
  build_runner: ^2.4.0
  # other generator dependencies...

🚀 Quick Start

1. Define Controller (lib/src/user_controller.dart)

import 'package:astra_dart/astra.dart';
import 'package:shelf/shelf.dart';

part 'user_controller.g.dart'; // Reference generated file

// Define DTO
class UserDto {
  final String name;
  final String email;
  UserDto({required this.name, required this.email});
  
  Map<String, dynamic> toJson() => {'name': name, 'email': email};
  factory UserDto.fromJson(Map<String, dynamic> json) => UserDto(
    name: json['name'], 
    email: json['email']
  );
}

@Controller('/users')
class UserController {
  
  // Dependency Injection (Assuming UserService is registered)
  final UserService userService;
  UserController(this.userService);

  @Get('/:id')
  Future<UserDto> getUser(@Path() String id, @Query() bool details) async {
    return userService.findUser(id, details: details);
  }

  @Post('/')
  Future<UserDto> createUser(@Body() UserDto body) async {
    return userService.create(body);
  }
}

2. Run Code Generation

Run in terminal:

dart run build_runner build

This will generate user_controller.g.dart, containing route registration and DI factory code.

3. Create App Entry (bin/main.dart)

import 'package:astra_dart/astra.dart';
import 'package:your_project/src/user_controller.dart'; 

void main() async {
  // 1. Initialize App and Dependencies
  final app = AstraApp(
    providers: [
      UserService(), // Register service
    ],
  );

  // 2. Register Controller (Use generated helper function)
  registerUserController(app);

  // 3. Start Server
  await app.listen(8080);
}

�️ Development & Deployment

1. Start Development Server (Hot Reload)

No need to restart manually. Use the dev command to watch for file changes:

dart bin/astra.dart dev -t example/server.dart

2. Native Deployment (AOT Compilation)

Astra uses zero runtime reflection, which makes it perfectly compatible with the Dart AOT compiler. You can compile it into a standalone binary with sub-millisecond startup times and an ultra-low memory footprint, which is highly suitable for cloud-native/Docker deployments:

# Automatically discard redundant code through Tree-shaking
dart compile exe bin/main.dart -o build/server
./build/server

💡 About Databases: As a core framework, Astra 1.0.0 is not tightly coupled with any specific ORM or database. You are free to assemble it with Drift, Prisma, or any native drivers.

�📚 API Documentation

After starting the service, visit:

• API Docs UI: http://localhost:8080/docs
• OpenAPI JSON: http://localhost:8080/openapi.json

🛠️ Exception Handling

Throw exceptions directly, and the framework automatically converts them to corresponding HTTP responses:

@Get('/error')
void testError() {
  throw BadRequestException('Invalid input'); // Returns 400
  // Or throw NotFoundException('User not found'); // Returns 404
}