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An open source solution for hot reloading your full stack: server, database, website, and app.

I’ve been working on the next version of Serverpod, an open-source backend written in Dart for the Flutter community. We are getting close to a final release. This version brings s…

Artificial intelligence is an amazing tool for brainstorming, programming, or generating images. But it’s also incredibly good at writing long, meaningless text filled with platitu…

I implemented a plugin for Flutter using platform views to integrate native SwiftUI Liquid Glass components. Here is the backstory and instructions for trying it out.

If you are an app developer using Flutter, then Serverpod is a great match. An app server is obviously a server specifically tailored to the needs of apps (e.g. as opposed to being…

Aqueduct was built before Flutter, it is more like a regular web server written in Dart. Serverpod is build specifically with Flutter developers in mind, making it very easy to bui…

I don't have any exact metrics. GitHub stars are one measure, though I'm not sure how well that is reflecting real-world use: https://star-history.com/#flutter/flutter&facebook/rea…

Working for Google is awesome in many ways and the people at the Flutter team at the time I worked there were nothing less than outstanding. For me personally, working at Google wa…

Flutter is becoming very popular for building apps. It is likely to have surpassed React Native, and according to Google more than 20% of new apps are created with Flutter today.

Thank you! :)

Thank you! We are definitely exploring more avenues than just regular server hosting.

Learning a new language takes time, which translates to money for companies hiring developers. Also, even many more senior developers prefer working in a single language due to the…

Yes, it is using well-formed JSON and/or web sockets. Serialization is following the Dart standard, and you can use it together with popular Dart serialization packages, such as Fr…

I know him, we used to work together at Google. :)

It's revolutionary to Dart in the sense that you can use strict typing when communicating with the database. This is very helpful as you get much more help with autocomplete and ot…

We recently received funding, so we are looking at the applications now. Sorry for the delay!

The main plan is to provide hosting for Serverpod. It's still an open-source project, so you can always host it yourself or on the cloud platform of your choice.

It's not so much a web framework as it is an app backend. So it's not great (yet) at rendering web pages, but it is great for doing remote method calls and streaming data. That bei…

Yes, it is obviously the most useful if you are a Flutter developer. According to Google, over 20% of new apps on Google Play are now made with Flutter so it's a large segment in i…

Thank you! The previous Dart backend attempts were predating Flutter, so the conditions are very different now. Serverpod is also a funded company, and not a side or hobby project …

Hi! I'm Viktor, the lead developer of Serverpod. Feel free to ask me any questions, and I'll try to answer. You can also watch the Serverpod 1.0 release keynote on Youtube here: ht…