Introduction

Zero is a framework for building fast, lightweight and scalable server-side applications. It is built on top of Dart (opens in a new tab)

Zero provides an abstraction layer on top of the Standard Libraries provided by Dart while still exposing the API to the developer.

Zero is built with the following principles in mind:

• Fast: Zero is built to be fast. It is built on top of the Dart VM which is one of the fastest VMs out there.
• Lightweight: Zero is built to be lightweight. It is built on top of the Dart Standard Libraries which are very lightweight.
• Scalable: Zero is built to be scalable. It is built on top of the Dart VM which is one of the most scalable VMs out there.
• Extensible: Zero is built to be extensible. It is built on top of the Dart Standard Libraries which are very extensible.
• Secure: Zero is built to be secure. It is built on top of the Dart Standard Libraries which are very secure.
• Agnostic: Zero is built to be agnostic. It is built on top of the Dart Standard Libraries which are very agnostic.

Installation

To get started with Zero CLI, you need to install the Dart SDK. You can find the instructions to install the Dart SDK here (opens in a new tab).

Mac OS

brew tap dart-lang/dart
brew install dart

Linux

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install dart

Windows

choco install dart-sdk

Once you have installed the Dart SDK, you can install Zero using the following command:

dart pub global activate --source git https://github.com/bryanbill/zero
# Or using -sgit
dart pub global activate -sgit https://github.com/bryanbill/zero

This will install Zero globally on your system. Note that you need to add the Dart SDK to your PATH in order to use the pub command.